Oodgeroo Noonuccal
(1921-1993)
Aboriginal Australian poet, artist, teacher and campaigner for Indigenous rights
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal ( 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. Noonuccal was best known for her poetry, and was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse.
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3 November 1921 Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
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| Died |
16 September 1993 (aged 71) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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