People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

24 March, 1924
Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

4 March, 1999 (aged 74)
Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (pancreatic)

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.

• Greek

Education

• Collingwood Technical School (Melbourne)

Occupation or Descriptor

• boxer
• genealogist
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• oral history recorder
• public servant
• soldier
• truck driver
• wrestler

Military Service

• World War II
• 14th Battalion
• Royal Australian Engineers

Awards

• Churchill Fellowship
• Medal of the Order of Australia

Clubs

• Exhibition Youth Club, Carlton

Key Organisations

• Australian Aborigines' League
• Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
• Aboriginal Advancement League (Vic)
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Workplaces

• Stadiums Pty Ltd
• Aborigines' Welfare Board (Vic)
• Victorian Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs
• Department of Aboriginal Affairs (Federal)