Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)
Kath Walker was committed to advancing civil rights, building wider social and
cross-cultural understanding. She helped facilitate and foster not only a greater
sense of sharing and caring amount indigenous people but through greater
Australians. Seeing young people as the hope of the future Walker opened her
house as an educational centre for children from all works of life. She used it as a
means to allow children to discover an aboriginal way of life that looked at
communal living. Walker was the first Aboriginal person to see her work published
in 1964. Working within political paths before the 1971 referendum Walker
ensured that matters of importance were conveyed with a clear and concise
challenge to what was often regarded as unchallengeable or undeserving of
action or attention.
Noel Pearson
Pearson studied History and Law at the University of Sydney and
is known as an academic and land rights activist. He is the
founder of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership,
which promotes the economic and social development of Cape
York. Following the Mabo decision of the High Court of Australia,
he played a key part in negotiations over the Native Title Act
1993 as a member of the Indigenous negotiating team.In 2009,
he published a collection of his writings titled Up from the
Mission: Selected Writings. His opinions are often controversial
however he has become a large influence in Indigenous policy
making.
Benson Saulo
Inspired by his parents and previous generations
fight for justice Benson was awarded the third ANZ
Ingenious traineeship in Tamworth were he then
went on to study business at the University of
Technology in Sydney and work on the ANZ foreign
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