What do you know about Eddie Mabo?

Mabo, who died in 1992 at age 55, was the key force in abolishing ‘terra nullius’ laws under which the British claimed possession of all Australian land.

Eddie Mabo Source: AAP

In the 1980s, Mabo launched an historic legal claim for ownership of traditional land on his home of the Island of Mer (Murray Island), in the Torres Strait.