Bonita mabo biography of barack
Bonita mabo biography of barack
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Bonita Mabo
Australian activist (–)
Ernestine Bonita MaboAO (néeNeehow; c.&#; – 26 November ), was an Australian educator and activist for Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders, and Australian South Sea Islanders.
She was the wife of Eddie Mabo until his death in
Early life
Ernestine Bonita Neehow[1] was born in Halifax, Queensland, one of 10 children. She was an Australian South Sea Islander of Ni-Vanuatu descent whose ancestors were "blackbirded" to work in the sugar cane industry in Queensland.[2] Her grandfather was blackbirded from Tanna Island in what is now Vanuatu.[3]
Career
In , Eddie and Bonita Mabo established the Black Community School in Townsville, where children could learn their own culture rather than white culture.[4] Bonita worked in the school as a teacher's aide and oversaw day-to-day operations.[5]
Mabo was an Indigenous rights activist for Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Island