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Name	Jimmy Bieundurry
Born	1938 Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Died	1 June, 1985 (aged ~ 47) Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Gnowangerup Bible Training Institute (WA) (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Indigenous leader (1968-1985) Western Australia, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1968-1985) Western Australia, Australia non-demoninational lay pastor (1968-1970) Western Australia, Australia
Legacies *	Bieundurry St (Bonner, ACT) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	National Aboriginal Conference (member, 1977-1981) Aboriginal Lands Trust (WA) (member, 1978-1980) Kimberley Land Council (WA) (co-chair, 1978) Aboriginal Development Commission (member, 1980-1984)

* Dates are approximate

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