Noonuccal, Oodgeroo (1920–1993)
Biographical Entries
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Wright, Judith Arundell (friend)
- Batterham, Joyce Florence (colleague)
- Clark, Mavis Thorpe (acquaintance)
- Nicholls, Douglas Ralph (associate)
- Gilmore, Mary Jean (supporter)
- Devaney, James Martin (mentor)
- Cilento, Raphael West (employer)
- Cilento, Phyllis Dorothy (employer)
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 1987
National Archives of Australia, A6135:K23/1/87/18
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Ruska, Kathleen Jean
- Walker, Kathleen Jean
Birth
3 November,
1920
Bulimba, Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia
Death
16 September,
1993
(aged 72)
Greenslopes, Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia
Cause of Death
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.
Education
Occupation
- anti-nuclear campaigner
- children's author
- communist
- domestic servant
- educationist
- Indigenous leader
- Indigenous rights activist/supporter
- poet
- soldier
- typist
- vigoro player
Awards
- Dame Mary Gilmore medal
- Jessie Litchfield award for literature
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
Key Events
Groups
Legacies
Key Organisations
- David Unaipon Award for Indigenous writers
- Queensland Aboriginal Advancement League
- Queensland Writers Centre
- Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders