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Series 2: Employment and personal papers, 1943-1992

 

Folder 1 Miscellaneous personal documents, 1943, 1959-1992
Includes copies of birth certificate, 1943, and marriage certificate, 1959; photocopies of letters from Mabo's adoptive mother to Bonita Mabo, 1960; correspondence and telegrams relating to the denial of permission for Mabo to visit Mer, 1973-1974; handwritten lyrics by Mabo in Meriam Mer and English, 1982; documents regarding the Mabo family property in Townsville; four pencil sketches by Mabo of scenes in the Murray Islands, 1980 and 1986 [two of the sketches are large format and are located in folio]; and clippings and tributes written following Mabo's death in 1992.
Folder 2 Papers relating to educational courses pursued by Mabo, 1983-1991
The courses included the Aboriginal Task Force Program, South Australian Institute of Technology, 1983-1984; and a coastal navigation course at Townsville College of TAFE, 1991.
Folder 3-5 Miscellaneous papers relating to Mabo's employment, 1980-1991
Include job applications, personal resumes, references and correspondence, 1980-1991.
Folder 6 Correspondence and other papers relating to Mabo's claims to the Defence Department, 1986
The claims were for pay adjustments owed to his late fathers, Benny Mabo and Zezon Sambo, both of whom served with the Australian Army in World War II.
Folder 7 Personal correspondence, c.1959-1960
The letters are from Mabo to Bonita Mabo, before and after their marriage. They were mostly written while Mabo was working as a fettler near Hughenden. There is also a letter from Mary Tanna, grandmother of Bonita, and miscellaneous notes.
Folder 8 Correspondence and other papers, c.1991-1992
Correspondence, 1991-1992, papers concerning the death of Mabo, verse, and miscellaneous papers.
Folder 9 Miscellaneous papers, c.1987-1992
Verse, a Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade certificate, correspondence 1987-1992 and other papers.
Folder 10 Miscellaneous papers, c.1986-1989
Correspondence 1986-1989, drafts, notes, vocabularies and other papers.
Folder 11 Papers concerning Aboriginal Task Force, 1983-1984
Folder 12 Papers concerning Townsville College of TAFE courses
Folder 13 Miscellaneous letters and notes, 1984-1985
Folder 14 Job applications and other papers concerning employment, 1985-1988.
Folder 15 Bound testimonial book signed by attendees at the Eddie Mabo headstone unveiling ceremony, 3 June 1995
Folio 1 Miscellaneous notes, including rough notes and sketches, 1980s, for a home on Las, Murray Island (unbuilt).
Folio 2 Australian Achiever medal
Folio 3 Video cassettes (4) containing unidentified programs, presumably about Mabo
Folio 4 Video cassette titled 'Mabo: a life of an Island Man'
Folio 5 Copies of photographs of Mabo and others
Some copies were supplied by Mrs Mabo and others were made from photographs in the Mabo Papers or Mabo-related collections.
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