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Eddie Mabo
![Eddie Koiki Mabo](/__data/assets/image/0018/1020663/varieties/two-thirds-tile.jpg)
1981 August
Land rights
The politically active 番茄社区 Student Union organises the Land Rights and the Future of Australian Race Relations Conference at the Douglas campus, putting future events in motion. After speaking at the conference, Eddie Koiki Mabo leads a group of Mer Islanders in taking their case to court; they will go on to challenge Crown ownership of Mer.