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Montpelliatta (c.1790 - 1836) an Aboriginal Tasmanian resistance leader; Moorooboora (c.1758 - 1798) an Eora leader after whom the suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales is named; Moowattin (c.1791 - 1816) guide and assistant to the botanist George Caley. He was the first Aboriginal person to be legally hanged in New South Wales.
By 1962–65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were granted universal suffrage. Specifically, the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 gave all Aboriginal people the option of enrolling to vote in federal elections, [1] whereas the previous Commonwealth Electoral Act 1949 gave Aboriginal people the right to vote in federal elections only if they were able to vote in their state elections.
Aboriginal Australians along the coast and rivers were also expert fishermen. Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people relied on the dingo as a companion animal, using it to assist with hunting and for warmth on cold nights. Aboriginal women's implements, including a coolamon lined with paperbark and a digging stick. This woven basket ...
This list of Indigenous Australian politicians includes Indigenous Australians who have been members of Australian legislatures—federal, state or territory. It does not include those elected to local councils (including mayors), Governors/Governors-General, leaders of political parties (outside of parliament), Indigenous Australians actively involved in political institutions and those who ...
William Cooper was born in Yorta Yorta territory around the intersection of the Murray and Goulburn Rivers in Victoria, Australia on 18 December 1860 or 1861. [1] His family was a small remnant of what Cooper recalled as a large tribal group, "As a lad I can remember 500 men of my tribe, the Moiras, gathered on one occasion.
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Lists of Indigenous Australians by occupation and/or historical contribution: . List of Indigenous Australian historical figures; List of Indigenous Australian musicians; List of Indigenous Australian performing artists
M. Eddie Mabo; Madeleine Madden; Tania Major; Brian Manning (trade unionist and activist) Michael Mansell; Glenn Manton; Yvonne Margarula; Mathaman Marika; Milirrpum Marika