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Name	Jack Charles
Born	1943 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 September, 2022 (aged ~ 79) Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Boonwurrung Dja Dja Wurrung Woiwurrung Yorta Yorta Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	actor (stage) (1970-2021) Victoria, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1970-2022) Victoria, Australia actor (film) (1978-2021) Victoria, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (2019-2020) Victoria, Australia
Awards	NAIDOC Male Elder of the Year (recipient) Tudawali Award (lifetime achievement) (recipient, 2009) Green Room Awards (lifetime achievement) (recipient, 2014) Victorian Australian of the Year (senior) (recipient, 2015) Red Ochre Award [Lifetime Achievement] (Australia Council for the Arts) (recipient, 2019)
Key Organisations *	Nindethana Theatre (founder, 1971)
Key Places *	Daish's Paddock camp (Shepparton, Vic) (resident, 1943-1943) Box Hill Boys' Home (Melbourne) (resident, 1945-1957)
Social Issues *	stolen child (victim, 1943)

* Dates are approximate

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