Eddie Mabo died before his last case. Land rigts and native title was ammended.
They are 2 separate cases the Wik case was helped by the victory of the Mabo land rights case.
Annie Mabo is the mother of Eddie Mabo.
he went to a place
Eddie Mabo's birth name was Eddie Koiki Sambo.
Eddie Mabo died of Cancer at 55
Eddie Mabo was an Torres straight islander, and an Aboriginie.
Eddie Mabo campaign involved him fighting for the land which was rightfully his. This case was taken to court because the British claimed it as 'Terra Nulius' which means 'no one's land' or no man's land. He died before this case ended and he won the case.
Eddie did win his case and the government overturned the common law of terra nullius to give the land back to the Murray island peopple
Eddie Mabo campaigned for Indigenous land rights. He was involved in a landmark case which overturned the long held view that Australia was empty when Europeans arrived called terra nullius and awarded Aboriginals right to the land, this was called native title.
Eddie Mabo was married in 1959.
Eddie Mabo was famous for starting a court case to reclaim him land in Mer. ( the murry islands) Unfortunatly Eddie died of cancer before his case was setled in the High court. This is called Native tittle. Fortunatly it still went in Mabo's favour.