People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

1943
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

13 September, 2022 (aged ~ 79)
Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

stroke

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
• Boonwurrung
• Dja Dja Wurrung
• Woiwurrung
• Yorta Yorta

Occupation

• actor (film)
• actor (stage)
• autobiographer/memoirist
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter

Awards

• NAIDOC Male Elder of the Year
• Tudawali Award (lifetime achievement)
• Green Room Awards (lifetime achievement)
• Victorian Australian of the Year (senior)
• Red Ochre Award [Lifetime Achievement] (Australia Council for the Arts)

Key Organisations

• Nindethana Theatre

Key Places

• Daish's Paddock camp (Shepparton, Vic)
• Box Hill Boys' Home (Melbourne)

Social Issues

• stolen child