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Clip from Mabo | ABC | June 10, 2012

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Eddie makes it to Western Australia and begins working on the railway. In a letter, Eddie tells his parents about his new life. Eddie attends an all-white union meeting; in an attempt to ensure other Indigenous and Islander workers get a fair go. That afternoon, Eddie join his white colleagues for an after work drink but is told to "go out the back".

Eddie makes it to Western Australia and begins working on the railway. In a letter, Eddie tells his parents about his new life. Eddie attends an all-white union meeting; in an attempt to ensure other Indigenous and Islander workers get a fair go. That afternoon, Eddie join his white colleagues for an after work drink but is told to "go out the back".

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