People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

15 December, 1936
Purnululu, Western Australia, Australia

Death

31 March, 2013 (aged 76)
Western Australia, Australia

Cause of Death

mesothelioma

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Indigenous Australian

Occupation

• country music singer
• grazier (cattle)
• Indigenous leader
• irrigationist
• labour politician
• local government councillor
• local government head
• Member of Lower House
• station hand

Awards

• Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame
• Medal of the Order of Australia
• Member of the Order of Australia

Key Events

• Laverton Royal Commission (WA, 1975-76)

Key Organisations

• Aboriginal Land Fund Commission (fed)
• Aboriginal Lands Trust (WA)
• Watering Australia Foundation
• Unity of First People of Australia

Political Activism

• Labor Party

Properties

• Elvira (WA)
• Koongie Park (WA)

Workplaces

• MacRobertson Miller Airlines Agency
• Halls Creek council (WA)