There is a poignant sweetness to seeing Eddie Mabo's 72-year-old widow, ... "That decision really devastated Dad," recalls Gail Mabo, who still lives in the Mabo family home in Townsville.

MORE than 30 years after Eddie Mabo began the fight that secured land rights for indigenous Australians, his original dream of reclaiming legal ownership of the island paradise of his people has ...

It was Eddie Koiki Mabo's historic land rights fight that would undo that legal fallacy more than 200 years later, and the rich astronomical traditions of the Torres Strait helped his case.

The maps Eddie Mabo drew of his home in the Torres Strait which helped overturn the concept of terra nullius in 1992 have been immortalised in bronze by his daughter. Gail Mabo’s stunning ...

Kaleb Mabo said he felt an immediate sense of belonging upon arriving on Mer Island. (Supplied: Sabu Tabo)He had always been curious about the family home his grandfather Eddie "Koiki" Mabo fought ...

Eddie Mabo (left) and Jack Wailu on the Island of Mer in the Torres Strait Islands in 1990. ... "I was also classed as her baby and she could push me around at home any which way.

Eddie Koiki Mabo’s daughter believes her father’s legacy should be respected more in Townsville. ... Eddie Mabo Jnr, Bonita Mabo and Celuia Mabo at home in 2008 on Armstrong Beach, ...

Eddie Mabo had challenged the very ideological establishment of Australia and the first Australians. He had refused to surrender his interests, or those of his people, to the domination of others.

Eddie Mabo had challenged the very ideological establishment of Australia and the first Australians. He had refused to surrender his interests, or those of his people, to the domination of others.

Eddie Mabo’s historic legal fight started at James Cook University in Townsville, but his daughter says more should be done to honour his legacy in the city. Gale Mabo made the comments ahead of ...