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May 21 2008
Gail Mabo and JCU VC Sandra Harding with Koiki’s memorial on the Townsville campus of JCU
© Photographer Brian Cassey
Bindal Traditional Owner, Gracelyn Smallwood welcomes guests to country at re-naming ceremony 2008
© Rob Parsons / Through The Looking Glass Studio 2008
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Gail Mabo speaking at re-naming ceremony
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Honoured guests officially re-name the Townsville Library, Eddie Koiki Mabo Library. Pictured from left: Former Chancellor, Lt Gen Dr John Grey AC, JCU VC Sandra Harding, Gail Mabo, Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Bonita Mabo.
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Plaque officially naming the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library
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Dancers Ses Bero and George Dow perform at the re-naming ceremony
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Heather Gordon -
Director, Library & Information Services, Gail Mabo, James Birrell, and JCU Vice Chancellor & President Sandra Harding pictured outside the newly-named Eddie Koiki Mabo Library
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We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and acknowledge Traditional Owners of the lands where our staff and students, live, learn and work.