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Winberri (c.1820 - 1840) Taungurung man who led an insurgency against the British in central Victoria and was killed during the Lettsom raid; Tommy Windich (c.1840 - 1876) Western Australian Indigenous explorer; Windradyne (c.1800 - 1829) Wiradjuri man, also known as "Saturday", a notable figure of the Aboriginal resistance during the Bathurst War
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.
Most Aboriginal people today speak English and live in cities. Some may use Aboriginal phrases and words in Australian Aboriginal English (which also has a tangible influence of Aboriginal languages in the phonology and grammatical structure). Many but not all also speak the various traditional languages of their clans and peoples.
A man named Arabanoo was captured, but like many other Aboriginal people near the settlement, he died in a smallpox epidemic a few months later in May 1789. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Bennelong was captured with Colebee on 25 November 1789 as part of Phillip's plan to learn the language and customs of the local people.
First Aboriginal person and first woman to become a permanent head of ministry in Australia: Patricia O'Shane; 1982. First Indigenous Australian woman to gain a private pilot's licence: Virginia Wykes. [91] First Indigenous Australian man to play at Wimbledon: Ian Goolagong (mixed doubles with sister Evonne). [92]
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1995) was a famous Aboriginal poet, writer and rights activist, credited with publishing the first book of verse by an Aboriginal author, We Are Going (1964). [293] Sally Morgan 's novel My Place (1987) was considered a breakthrough memoir in terms of bringing Indigenous stories to a wider audience.
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.
William Barton was born in Mount Isa, Queensland. [1] His mob are from the Roper River area, and he is a Kalkadunga man. [2]He learned to play didgeridoo at the age of 11 from Uncle Arthur Peterson, [2] an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil, and Kalkadungu peoples of Western Queensland.