People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Newfong, Edna

Birth

22 November, 1915
Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Death

8 April, 1997 (aged 81)
South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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
• Ngugi

Education

• Wynnum State School (Brisbane)

Occupation or Descriptor

• cricketer
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• small business owner

Awards

• Indigenous Sport Queensland Hall of Fame

Key Events

• referendum on Indigenous rights (1967)