Please answer the following question: Facts: - birth name: bonita neehow - spouse: eddie mabo 1959 1992 died - name: bonita mabo - birth place: australia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bonita mabo .
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bonita mabo ao is an educator and activist for aboriginal australians , torres strait islanders , and australian south sea islanders .she is the widow of eddie mabo .bonita mabo was born in halifax , queensland and is an australian south sea islander of vanuatuan descent whose ancestors were '' blackbirded '' to work in the sugar cane industry in queensland .in the 2012 television film '' mabo '' , deborah mailman played the role of bonita mabo .