# Eddie Mabo: The fight that defined and undermined him (part 2)

An episode of [The Dead Can't Sue](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6781075099), 26 Oct 2026, 41 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/pq/Z/59.mp3

Eddie Koiki Mabo brings the black-robed and bewigged barristers of the High Court to the remote island paradise of Mer, showing them his claim to... half the island. Back on the mainland, Koiki faces days of gruelling cross-examination and questions that challenge his very sense of self. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this episode mentions the name of an Indigenous person who has passed. Special thanks to ABC's senior cultural advisor Miriam Corowa. SOURCES Mabo: Life of an Island Man, 1997, directed by Trevor Graham Noel Loos and Eddie Mabo, Edward Koiki Mabo: His Life and Struggle for land rights, UQP, 1996. https://www.mabonativetitle.com/info/eMbMLetter2.htm https://www.mabonativetitle.com/info/eMBCS.htm • Hosted by Alecia Simmonds and Leigh Boucher • Supervising Producer: Hannah Reich • Producer: Hannah Jose • Video producer: Christian Harimanow • Executive Producers: Clare Rawlinson and Eric George • Head of ABC Audio on Demand: Jessica Radburn • Theme: Martin Peralta • Artwork: Gabriel Virata-Alves

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