Neville Bonner
Former Senator of Australia
Neville Thomas Bonner AO was an Australian politician, and the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. Wikipedia
Born: March 28, 1922, Ukerebagh, Tweed Heads, Australia
Died: February 5, 1999 (age 76 years), Ipswich, Queensland
Parents: Julia Rebecca Bonner and Henry Kenneth Bonner
Spouse: Mona Bonner (m. 1943–1969)
Party: Liberal Party of Australia
Books: East Timor: The Guilty Men, The Environmental Conditions of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and the Preservation of Their Sacred Sites: Report from the Senate Select Committee on Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders ; Concluding a Reference to the Former Senate Standing Committee on Social Environment, Equal World, Equal Share, and more
Previous office: Senator of Australia (1971–1983)