Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Australian political activist and artist
Oodgeroo Noonuccal 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. Wikipedia
Born: November 3, 1920, North Stradbroke Island, Australia
Died: September 16, 1993 (age 72 years), Greenslopes Private Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Full name: Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska
Education: Dunwich State School (1933)
Children: Denis Walker
Spouse: Bruce Raymond Walker (m. 1942–1954)
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