I would first like to extend my gratitude to all who came today to honour this moving, successful and inspiring man, Eddie Koiki Mabo. We all had the privilege to know Eddie for the caring and loving human he was and here we are today commemorating his life and his greatest achievements. He was loved by many and will remain in our hearts forever, because personally what Eddie did this world is unforgettable and undeniably selfless. Eddie was known for a variety of roles such as a son to Annie Mabo and Robert Zezou Sambo, a father to Maria Jessie, Gail, Celuia, Bethal, Ezra, Mal, Eddie Junior, Mario, Wannee, and Malita Mabo, a husband to Bonita Mabo, a nephew to Benny and Maiga Mabo and friend to all, but to me he was my best friend.
Eddie was born on 29th of June 1936, he experienced a rough childhood as his mother passed 4 days sub
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That's why when I heard Eddie got diagnosed with cancer in 1990 I was heart broken. Why do bad things happen to good people? Unfortunately, Eddie didn't hear the ruling of the Mabo case No.2 pass but I surmise he was looking down on us and all he had achieved. Eddie Mabo is not only a household name but a hero and Eddies legacy purses on. Posthumously awarded an Australian Human Rights Medal as part of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Awards, along with his fellow plaintiffs ‘in recognition of their long and determined battle to gain justice for their people’. Post his death he also achieved The James Cook University named its library the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library and a Mabo day: named after Eddie, is celebrated on 3 June each year to remind us of his efforts to stop injustice. Eddie Mabo was truly a inspiring man and will remain in the hearts of those who were moved by his
At the conference he explained the traditional land ownership and inheritance system that his community followed on Mer Island. Afterwards, a lawyer in the audience noted the significance of his speech and suggested there should be a test case to claim land rights through the court system. In 1982, Eddie Koiki Mabo and four Mer islanders took their case of ownership of their lands on Mer Island to the Queensland Supreme Court. With Eddie Mabo as the leader the case became widely known as the ‘Mabo case’. After the court ruled against them, the islanders took the case to the High Court. On 3 June 1992 (ten years later), the court decided in favour of the Islanders and ruled that ‘the Meriam people of the Torres Strait did have native title over their traditional
Australian Legal Case: The Mabo Case The Mabo case commenced in the late 70's about an Aborigine Eddie Mabo who fought for his land on Murray Island, part of the Torres Strait. The issue that started the court case was when Mr Mabo appealed for a permit from the Queensland Government to visit the island. His proposal was declineed so he was unable to return home to visit his homeland.
This is a crucial part because he finally committed to not letting alcohol control his life, something that has controlled him since his brother was killed. This was a huge step in Eddie’s character development.
Eddie Costello’s current view of the war is as a "sore asshole", but he says he started out as a "seventeen year old adolescent patriot". Eddies experience is similar to Johns in that he initially went to great lengths to participate in the war, lying about his age to get a munitions factory job at only 14.
Eddie Mabo known as one of the greatest Aboriginals in Australian history. He created a phenomenal experience and he changed the life of many aboriginals, as he fought for 23 years (1969-1992) for the aboriginal land rights of Australia. Mabo challenged the High Court of Australia (the Government) because he believed white men stole the land the aboriginals originally had.
Eddies full name is Edward Ryon Makuahanai Aikau. He was born on May 4th, 1946. Growing up, Eddie was very nurturing and family was EVERYTHING to him! Being the 3rd out of 7 siblings gave Eddie the opportunity to be kolohe but that never got in the way of his love and affection for his Ohana. Aikau was from Kahului, Maui but later moved to O’ahu in 1959. When Eddie moved to O’ahu he dropped out of school at age 16. Shortly after dropping out of school, Aikau started work at the Dole Pineapple Cannery in Honolulu, HI. As a child, Eddie loved being in the water! Eddie first learned to surf at the Kahului harbor shorebreak,
Everyone Eddie met in heaven taught him something about his life. They were all connected to him in different ways, whether it was someone close to him once, or a complete stranger. Somehow, all of their lives had crossed Eddie’s and helped make him the person that he had become. When you think about this lesson, you truly understand. One decision causes an effect, maybe on your life or maybe on someone else’s life. That effect will cause something else. It’s what I think of as a ripple effect. Everything happens for a reason, and all of the events that lead up to our “now” makes us who we are.
Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born January 26, 1955 in Nijmegen, a small town in the Netherlands. Van Halen is named after Ludwig Van Beethoven, Lodewijk being the Dutch version of Ludwig. Eddie wasn’t the only musician in his family. Eddie is the son of Dutch father, Jan van Halen who was a famous clarinetist, saxophonist, and pianist. His mother’s name was Eugenia van Halen. A fun fact about his mother, is her madden name is van Beers. Van Halen had an older brother named Alex, who was his partner in crime in learning how
Not only is Eddie Murphy an actor he is also a comedian and screen director. He was born and raised in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick on April 3’ 1961, to the parents Lillian, a telephone operator and Charles, a police officer Eddie had many hardships in his life but he got through them, he was a very strong man.
On behalf of my entire family, I want to thank all of you for your compassion and for being present here today. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Mauri-Lynne, and I'm Lionel's daughter. Dad was devoted to every one of you. We all hope that you'll share your memories of him with us, if not today then in the weeks and months to come.
One of my earliest memories of Grandpa begins with us driving to the Monmouth Park Racetrack. We sure did love to go to the track and root for Julie Krone or one of our other favorite jockeys. He loved challenges, and he especially loved the challenge of picking the ponies. He would read the race programs in the Asbury Park Press and usually pre-pick most of the day's favorite horses before ever leaving the house. Still, on arrival, we always bought the program and maybe a race sheet or two before entering the track grandstand. After picking up a couple of seats right around the finish line or maybe a little past it, back to figuring he'd go. As he went, grandpa would always point out the horses that had won recently or looked like they were due. "I have a feeling about this one" he'd say.
I stand before you today to pay my last respects, and to say my final goodbyes, to my father Harry.
He was born on April 13th 1939 and was the eldest of nine children to
It is the story of a man named Eddie who for almost his whole life was the
Each of you here had your own relationship with my Dad, each of you has your own set of memories and your own word picture that describes this man. I don’t presume to know the man that you knew. But I hope that, in this eulogy that I offer, you will recognise some part of the man that we all knew, the man that is no longer amongst us, the man who will never be gone until all of us here have passed.