People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

c. 1925
Victoria River Downs station, Northern Territory, Australia

Death

22 July, 1996 (aged ~ 71)
Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (leukemia)

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
• Mudburra
• Gurindji
• Chinese
• Irish

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Anglican

Education

• All Souls’ School (Charters Towers, Qld)
• University of Queensland

Occupation

• art dealer
• newsagent
• public servant
• soldier
• surveyor

Military Service

• World War II

Groups

• Stolen Generation

Legacies

• Joseph (Joe) Croft Indigenous Award (St Johns College, University of Queensland)
• Joseph and Lindsay Croft Memorial Scholarship (ANU)

Key Organisations

• Coo-ee Emporium (Sydney)
• Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority
• Anti Discrimination Board (NSW)
• Aboriginal Corporation for Sporting and Recreational Activities

Key Places

• Pine Creek Half-Caste Home (NT)
• Myilly Point Home (Darwin)
• The Bungalow (Alice Springs, NT)

Properties

• Victoria River Downs (NT)

Social Issues

• stolen child

Workplaces

• Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority
• Thiess Bros
• Dept of Aboriginal Affairs (federal)
• Aboriginal Development Commission