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Elders also preside over ceremonies and other spiritual practices, and attend to the health and well-being of young people. [6] Elders are sometimes addressed by other Aboriginal people as Uncle or Aunty as a mark of respect. The honorific may be used by non-Aboriginal people, but generally only when permission is given to do so. [3] [4] [1]
Pages in category "Australian Aboriginal elders" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Robert Vincent Anderson OAM (born 31 July 1929) is an Australian Aboriginal elder and former union official. [1]Anderson, often referred to as Uncle Bob, is known for his long association with the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia where he was state organiser from 1951 to 1978. [2]
Fred Conway OAM (born 17 August 1944) is an Australian Aboriginal elder and former park ranger in Queensland. As a Bidjara and Barada elder, Conway is best known for his advocacy for the protection of sacred Aboriginal sites and for extensive conservation work in Carnarvon National Park. [1] [2] [3]
Aboriginal peoples of Australia are the various peoples indigenous to mainland Australia and associated islands, excluding the Torres Strait Islands. The broad term Aboriginal Australians includes many regional groups that may be identified under names based on local language, locality, or what they are called by neighbouring groups.
Jimmy Clements (c. 1847 – 28 August 1927) was an Aboriginal elder from the Wiradjuri tribe in Australia, and was present at the opening of the Provisional Parliament House in Canberra on 9 May 1927. He explained that he was there to demonstrate his "sovereign rights to the Federal Territory", making this the first recorded instance of ...
Sumner, also known as "Uncle Moogy" is an elder, dancer, cultural ambassador, [2] and activist, [11] who works to further Ngarrindjeri culture. Apart from traditional dance and song, cultural advice, he creates and advises on various traditional arts and crafts, including wood carving, and combat methods that employ traditional shields, clubs, boomerangs, and spears. [2]
Nellie Flynn (1881 - 1982) an Aboriginal and Māori woman who was the matriarch of her family and a community elder around Batchelor, Northern Territory Kapiu Masi Gagai (c. 1894 - 1946) pearler, boatman, mission worker and soldier who served in World War II .