Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler

female, 91 years old
Australianindigenousrightsactivist, Australian women writer, Order of Australia, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australian Women's Land Army, Kings Cross, New South Wales…Australian referendum, 1967, 1967 referendum on Aboriginal Australian, indigenous australian, Australian
Faith Bandler AM (born 27 September 1920), an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage, is a campaigner for the rights of...
Galarrwuy Yunupingu

Galarrwuy Yunupingu

male, 61 years old
Australianindigenousrightsactivist, Order of Australia, Gagudju, Aboriginal Land Rights Act, Yirrkala bark petitions, Aboriginal Land Rights…Land Rights, Australia, Gove Land Rights Case, Australian of the Year, Land Rights, indigenous australian
Galarrwuy Yunupingu AM (born 30 June, 1948) is a leader in the Australian Indigenous community, and has been involved in the fight for Land Rights...
Chicka Dixon

Chicka Dixon

male, 81 years old
Australianindigenousrightsactivist, Australia Council, qantas, leader, asbestos, University of New South Wales…australian aboriginal, indigenous australian
Charles Chicka Dixon (b. 1928) is an Australian Aboriginal activist and leader. He was active in campaigns around the 1967 referendum and the...
Eddie Mabo

Eddie Mabo

male, deceased (1992)
Australianindigenousrightsactivist, legal fiction, High Court of Australia, Torres Strait Island culture, Torres Strait Islander, leader…indigenous australian
Eddie Koiki Mabo ("c".1936-21 January 1992) was a Torres Strait Islander who became famous in Australian history for his role in campaigning for...
Pearl Gibbs

Pearl Gibbs

female, deceased (1983)
Australianindigenousrightsactivist, The Domain, leader, wollongong, racial segregation, Botany Bay…Aboriginal Australian, Committee for Aboriginal Citizen Rights, indigenous australian
Pearl Gibbs (1901 - 1983) was an Aboriginal Australian activist, and the most prominent female activist within the Aboriginal movement in the early...
Burnum Burnum

Burnum Burnum

male, deceased (1997)
Australianindigenousrightsactivist, Reduplicants, Australian Bicentenary, university of tasmania, Wallaga Lake National Park, Wallaga Lake…indigenous australian
Burnum Burnum was an Australian Aboriginal activist, actor, author and dreamer. He was born a Woiworrung and Yorta Yorta man at Wallaga Lake in...
Bobbi Sykes

Bobbi Sykes

female, 66 years old
Australian women's rights activist, Australianindigenousrightsactivist, Australian women writer, Biographer, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Townsville, Queensland…indigenous australian, Australian, activist, Human rights activist, Women's rights activist
Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (b. 1943) is an Australian poet and author. Although she is the daughter of a white Australian mother and an African-American...
Patrick Dodson

Patrick Dodson

male, 62 years old
Australianindigenousrightsactivist, Roman Catholic priest, Kimberley Land Council, Commissioner into Aboriginal Death in Custody, Yawuru, Monivae College…Indigenous Australian from Western Australia, indigenous australian
Patrick Dodson (b. 1947) is a Yawuru man from Broome, Western Australia, he is a former Chairman of the "Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation", a...
Gary Foley

Gary Foley

male, 59 years old
Australianindigenousrightsactivist, Basically Black, Aboriginal Legal Service, Redfern, Redfern, New South Wales, Aboriginal Tent Embassy…Australian, Indigenous Australian politics, indigenous australian
Gary Foley (born 11 May, 1950-) is an indigenous Australian activist, academic, writer and actor. He is best known for his role in establishing the...