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Emily Pauline Johnson (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), also known by her Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake (pronounced dageh-eeon-wageh, lit. ' double-life '), [1] was a Canadian poet, author, and performer who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Colin Thomas Johnson (21 August 1938 – 20 January 2019), better known by his nom de plume Mudrooroo, was an Australian novelist, poet, essayist and playwright.His many works are centred on Aboriginal Australian characters and topics; however, there was some doubt cast upon his claims to have Aboriginal ancestry.
Broome estimates the total death toll from settler-Aboriginal conflict between 1788 and 1928 as 1,700 settlers and 17–20,000 Aboriginal people. Reynolds has suggested a higher "guesstimate" of 3,000 settlers and up to 30,000 Aboriginals killed. [ 119 ]
First Indigenous Australian to referee a world title boxing match: Trevor Christian. [83] First city council to fly the Aboriginal flag (Newcastle City Council). [84] 1979. First Indigenous Australian to represent Australia in volleyball: Mark Tutton. [85] First woman to be appointed to the New South Wales Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and ...
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993) was a famous Aboriginal poet, writer and rights activist credited with publishing the first Aboriginal book of verse: We Are Going (1964). [ 6 ] There was a flourishing of Aboriginal literature from the 1970s through to the 1990s, coinciding with a period of political advocacy and focus on Indigenous Australian ...
Olga Eunice Miller (née Wondunna, later Reeves; 27 March 1920 – August 2003), often known as Aunty (or Auntie) Olga [2] or by her traditional name Wandi, was an Australian historian, artist, author and Aboriginal elder of the Butchulla people.
Kirli Saunders – author and poet; Jared Thomas – writer, and arts curator; Margaret Tucker – activist and author of If Everyone Cared (1977), one of the first autobiographies of the Stolen Generations; David Unaipon (1872–1967) – first published Aboriginal author; James Unaipon (1835–1907) – author and preacher; Ellen van Neerven ...
David Unaipon in 1938. David Ngunaitponi (28 September 1872 – 7 February 1967), known as David Unaipon, was an Aboriginal Australian preacher, inventor, and author. A Ngarrindjeri man, his contribution to Australian society helped to break many stereotypes of Aboriginal people, and he is featured on the Australian $50 note in commemoration of his work.