JUNE 29 Born on this day in 1936 Eddie Koiki Mabo died – 21 January 1992)a Torres Strait Islander who is known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that overturned the legal fiction of terra nullius which characterised Australian law with regards to land and title. Mabo was named Eddie Koiki Malboy but he changed his surname to Mabo when he was adopted by his maternal uncle, Benny Mabo. He was born on Mer Murray Island in the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea. On this day in 2008 Nathan Jawai is the first Indigenous Australian basketball player to be drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA). He will play for the Toronto Raptors. On this day in 2010 French-born tourist Alizee Sery, 25, outrages Aboriginal and non-Indigenous people by walking to the top of Uluru and performing a strip show which she sees as a ‘tribute’ to Aboriginal people. A look at on this day in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history courtesy of (qram.au)
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