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With that in mind, here are some life lessons Mabo has given me. This article was contributed by a guest blogger. This blog entry does not necessarily represent the position or opinion of Amnesty International Australia.
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My father cried. We never had the chance to meet our grandfather. It fuelled his determination for recognition and equality in society. This began his ten-year battle for justice and political status. In , Koiki became co-founder and director of the Townsville black community school — one of the first in Australia.
Unhappy with the approach to Indigenous education within the Queensland state education system, Koiki volunteered to work for half pay to help establish the school. The Black community school in Townsville, November The school started with ten students in an old Catholic school building in the heart of inner city Townsville.
It was regarded with open hostility within the general Townsville community including the Queensland Education Department, local newspaper and some local politicians. At its peak in the late s, forty five students were enrolled at the school. Eddie Koiki Mabo in Townsville, University historians Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds recall:.
Henry and I realised that in his mind he thought he owned that land, so we sort of glanced at each other, and then had the difficult responsibility of telling him that he didn't own that land, and that it was Crown land. Koiki was surprised, shocked Koiki went on to give a speech at a land rights conference at the university explaining the traditional land ownership and inheritance system that his community followed on Mer.
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