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Oodgeroo Noonuccal (/ ˈ ʊ d ɡ ə r uː ˈ n uː n ə k əl / UUD-gə-roo NOO-nə-kəl; born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska, later Kath Walker (3 November 1920 – 16 September 1993) was an Aboriginal Australian political activist, artist and educator, who campaigned for Aboriginal rights. [1]
Jack Leonard Davis was born in Perth, Western Australia, where he spent most of his life and later died. [1] He identified with the Noongar people, and he included some of this language into his plays. [1] [2] The first five years of Davis' life were spent on a farm in Waroona, Western Australia with his ten siblings. [1]
Oodgeroo Noonuccal Denis P. Walker (2 December 1947 – 4 December 2017), also known as Bejam Kunmunara Jarlow Nunukel Kabool , was an Aboriginal Australian activist. He was a major figure in the civil rights and land rights movements of the 1970s and continued to fight for a treaty between the Australian Government and Aboriginal nations ...
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, otherwise known as Kath Walker, was an indigenous Australian writer, poet and activist. Baizam Nunukul, otherwise known as Dennis Walker . [ 19 ]
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 72, Aboriginal Australian political activist and artist. [58] Vera Orlova, 75, Soviet and Russian actress. Rok Petrovič, 27, Yugoslav and Slovenian alpine skier and Olympian, drowned. [59]
The poet Kath Walker, later known as Oodgeroo Noonuccal, made Bindi the eponymous heroine of a poem in the book My people: a Kath Walker collection. [1]
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal (born Kathleen Ruska; later Kath Walker, 1920-1993) was one of the most nationally prominent members of the Quandamooka people. She served as a wireless operator in the Australian Women's Army Service , and later became a poet.