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He was the first Aboriginal person to be legally hanged in New South Wales. Jupiter Mosman (1861 - 1945) discoverer of gold at Charters Towers, with Jupiters Casino being named in his honour; Johnny Mullagh (1841 - 1891) an Aboriginal cricketer who was known for his remarkable performance in the 1868 Aborigine cricket team's tour of England.
Perkins was the first Indigenous person appointed to head an Australian Government department. [21] [22] Throughout his career he was a strident critic of Australian Government policies on Indigenous affairs and was renowned for his fiery comments. Hawke once said of Perkins that he "sometimes found it difficult to observe the constraints ...
Lists of Indigenous Australians by occupation and/or historical contribution: List of Indigenous Australian historical figures; List of Indigenous Australian musicians; List of Indigenous Australian performing artists; List of Indigenous Australians in politics and public service, education, law and humanities; List of Indigenous Australian ...
By 1962–65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were granted universal suffrage. Specifically, the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 gave all Aboriginal people the option of enrolling to vote in federal elections, [1] whereas the previous Commonwealth Electoral Act 1949 gave Aboriginal people the right to vote in federal elections only if they were able to vote in their state elections.
Aboriginal people seem to have lived a long time in the same environment as the now extinct Australian megafauna. [89] Some evidence from the analysis of charcoal and artefacts revealing human use suggests a date as early as 65,000 BP. [90] [91] Luminescence dating has suggested habitation in Arnhem Land as far back as 60,000 years BP. [92]
Nova Maree Peris OAM (born 25 February 1971) is an Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician. As part of the Australian women's field hockey team at the 1996 Olympic Games, she was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
Lists of Indigenous Australians by occupation and/or historical contribution: List of Indigenous Australian historical figures; List of Indigenous Australian musicians; List of Indigenous Australian performing artists; List of Indigenous Australians in politics and public service, education, law and humanities; List of Indigenous Australian ...
Indigenous Australians first given right to enrol to vote in Northern Territory elections. [19] 1963. First time Indigenous Australians legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales (30 March). [52] First Indigenous Australian to have a number one hit on the Australian music charts: Jimmy Little ("Royal Telephone").