People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

20 June, 1900
Forster, New South Wales, Australia

Death

16 July, 1982 (aged 82)
Lidcombe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

lung disease

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.

• Chinese
• Indigenous Australian

Occupation or Descriptor

• communist
• Indigenous leader
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• labourer
• vaudeville performer

Key Organisations

• Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society (NSW)
• Aborigines Progressive Association (NSW)
• Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship
• Aborigines Welfare Board (NSW)
• Aboriginal Lands Trust of New South Wales
• Aborigines Advisory Council (NSW)

Key Places

• Forster
• Purfleet

Political Activism

• Communist Party (NSW)

Workplaces

• Garden Island Naval Dockyard (Sydney)