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Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands, and these peoples' descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
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Bennelong
Bennelong (c. 1764 - 3 January 1813) (also: "Baneelon") was a senior man of the Eora, an Aboriginal (Koori) people of the Port Jackson area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia, in 1788. He subsequently served as an interlocutor...
Date of birth:
- 1764
Date of death:
- Jan 3, 1813 (age 49 years)
Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, OAM (known as Cathy Freeman) (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian sprinter who is particularly associated with the 400 metres race. She became the Olympic champion for 400 m in the 2000 Sydney games, at which she...
Date of birth:
- Feb 16, 1973 (age 36 years)
Albert Namatjira
Albert Namatjira (28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959), born Elea Namatjira, was an Australian artist. He was a Western Arrernte man, an Indigenous Australian of the Western MacDonnell Ranges area. Albert Namatjira is perhaps the best known Aboriginal...
Date of birth:
- Jul 28, 1902
Date of death:
- Aug 8, 1959 (age 57 years)
Evonne Goolagong
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE (born 31 July 1951 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia) is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand...
Date of birth:
- Jul 31, 1951 (age 58 years)
Everlyn Sampi
Everlyn Sampi (born in 1988, Derby, Western Australia) is an Australian Aboriginal actress who was featured in the movie Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002). She won the 4th Annual Lexus IF Awards for Best Actress on 6 November 2002.
Date of birth:
- 1988 (age 21 years)
Neville Bonner
Neville Thomas Bonner AO (28 March 1922 - 5 February 1999) was an Australian politician, and the first indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. He was initially appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual...
Date of birth:
- Mar 28, 1922
Date of death:
- Feb 5, 1999 (age 76 years)
Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Adrian Wanganeen (born 18 June 1973-19 September 2009) was a former Australian rules footballer. He played in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. He was the first cousin of brothers Aaron and Alwyn...
Date of birth:
- Jun 18, 1973 (age 36 years)
Adam Goodes
Adam Goodes (born 8 January 1980 in Wallaroo, South Australia) is an Australian rules football player and dual Brownlow Medal winner who plays for the Sydney Swans. Goodes holds an elite place in AFL/VFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 8, 1980 (age 29 years)
Christine Anu
Christine Anu (born 15 March 1970) is an Australian pop singer.
Anu was born in Cairns, Queensland to Torres Strait Islander indigenous parents from Saibai and Mabuiag Islands.
Anu began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up...
Date of birth:
- 1970 (age 39 years)
David Hudson
David Hudson is an Australian Aboriginal musician. He is a member of the Djabugay people of Kuranda, Queensland. His primary musical instrument is didgeridoo, and he also plays guitar. He plays traditional music, as well as more ambient and new age...
Yagan
Yagan (pronounced /ˈjeɪɡən/; rhymes with pagan) (c. 1795 – 11 July 1833) was a Noongar warrior who played a key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to British settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a...
Date of birth:
- 1795
Date of death:
- Jul 11, 1833 (age 38 years)
Jason Gillespie
Jason Neil Gillespie (born 19 April 1975 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level, in both Tests and One Day Internationals, and South Australia, Yorkshire and Glamorgan at first...
Date of birth:
- Apr 19, 1975 (age 34 years)
Lionel Rose
Lionel Edward Rose, MBE (born 21 June 1948) is an Australian bantamweight boxer, now retired, who became the first Aboriginal in boxing history to win a world title.
Born and raised at Jackson's Track near the Victorian town of Warragul, Rose grew...
Date of birth:
- Jun 21, 1948 (age 61 years)
Tjandamurra O'Shane
Tjandamurra "Janda" O'Shane (born 15 August 1990) is a Murri Indigenous Australian who at age six was the victim of a fire attack whilst playing at school in Cairns, Queensland on 10 October 1996. He is the nephew of New South Wales magistrate Pat O...
Date of birth:
- Aug 15, 1990 (age 19 years)
Eddie Mabo
Eddie Koiki Mabo (c. 29 June 1936–21 January 1992) was a Torres Strait Islander who became famous in Australian history for his role in campaigning for indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia...
Date of birth:
- Jun 29, 1936
Date of death:
- Jan 21, 1992 (age 55 years)
Truganini
Truganini, often known as Trugernanner (circa 1812–May 8, 1876), was a woman generally considered to be the last full blood Tasmanian Aborigine.
There are a number of different versions of her name, including Trugannini, Trucanini and Trucaninny....
Date of birth:
- 1812
Date of death:
- May 8, 1876 (age 64 years)
Aden Ridgeway
Aden Derek Ridgeway (born 18 September 1962), Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales, from 1999 to 2005, representing the Australian Democrats. During his term he was the only Aboriginal member of the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 18, 1962 (age 47 years)
Graham Farmer
Graham "Polly" Farmer (born 10 March, 1935) is a retired Australian rules football player and coach. Born in Western Australia, he joined the East Perth Football Club as a ruckman in 1953, where he won several awards and contributed to the team...
Date of birth:
- Mar 10, 1935 (age 74 years)
Mandawuy Yunupingu
Mandawuy Yunupingu (formerly Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu, skin name Gudjuk), born 17 September 1956, is an Aboriginal Australian musician, most notable for being the front man of the band Yothu Yindi.
He was born in Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, an...
Date of birth:
- Sep 17, 1956 (age 53 years)
Gatjil Djerrkura
Gatjil Djerrkura OAM (30 June 1949 - 26 May 2004) was an Aboriginal leader and indigenous spokesman in the Northern Territory and Australia.
He was a senior elder of the Wangurri Aboriginal clan of the Yolngu people. He was responsible for a number...
Date of birth:
- Jun 30, 1949
Date of death:
- May 26, 2004 (age 54 years)
Michael Long
Michael Long (born 1 October 1969 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a former Australian rules footballer of partial Aboriginal decent and spokesperson against racism in sport.
Long was born in Darwin, Northern Territory in 1969 and played for St....
Date of birth:
- Oct 1, 1969 (age 40 years)
Djalu Gurruwiwi
Djalu Gurruwiwi (first name also spelled Djalu'; born on Wirriku Island, one of the smaller islands in the Wessel Islands group, Northern Territory, Australia, in the early 1940s (before World War II) is a senior member of the Galpu clan, of the...
Date of birth:
- 1940 (age 69 years)
David Unaipon
David Unaipon (28 September 1872, Point Mcleay (Raukkan) Mission - 7 February 1967) was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. Today, he is featured on the Australian $50 note in commemoration.
Unaipon...
Date of birth:
- Sep 28, 1872
Date of death:
- Feb 7, 1967 (age 94 years)
Robert Knox
Robert Knox MD FRCSEd FRSEd (4 September 1791 – 20 December 1862) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist and zoologist. He was the most popular lecturer in anatomy in Edinburgh before his involvement in the Burke and Hare body-snatching case. This ruined...
Date of birth:
- Sep 4, 1791
Date of death:
- Dec 20, 1862 (age 71 years)
Mal Meninga
Malcolm Norman Meninga AM (born 8 July 1960) is an Australian former rugby league test captain and current coach of Queensland's State of Origin team. As a player he was a legendary goal-kicking centre, counted amongst the finest footballers of the...
Date of birth:
- Jul 8, 1960 (age 49 years)
Andrea Mason
Andrea Mason (born 1968) is an Australian politician and an Australian Aborigine. In the Federal Election of 2004, she led the Family First Party, a political party with close (though unofficial) links with the Assemblies of God in Australia...
Date of birth:
- 1968 (age 41 years)
Nova Peris-Kneebone
Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone, AO, (born 25 February 1971 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian athlete. She was a representative in the Australian Women's Hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics becoming the first Aboriginal Australian to win...
Date of birth:
- Feb 25, 1971 (age 38 years)
David Page
David C. Page, MD, is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the director of the Whitehead Institute, where he has a laboratory devoted to the study of the Y-chromosome. His lab mapped the human Y chromosome in...
Galarrwuy Yunupingu
Galarrwuy Yunupingu AM (born 30 June 1948) is a leader in the Australian Indigenous community, and has been involved in the fight for Land Rights throughout his career. He was named the 1978 Australian of the Year, jointly with Alan Bond.
He was...
Date of birth:
- Jun 30, 1948 (age 61 years)
Dave Sands
Dave Sands, born David Ritchie, (4 February 1926–11 August 1952) was an Australian Aborigine boxer.
Born into the Dunghutti tribe, Sands was a middleweight, but held the Australian Light-Heavyweight and Heavyweight Championship titles at the same...
Date of birth:
- Feb 4, 1926
Date of death:
- Aug 11, 1952 (age 26 years)
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, MBE (born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska, formerly Kath Walker) (3 November 1920 - 16 September 1993) was an Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo was best...
Date of birth:
- Nov 3, 1920
Date of death:
- Sep 16, 1993 (age 72 years)
Lowitja O'Donoghue
Dr Lowitja "Lois" O'Donoghue, AC, CBE, DSG (born 1 August 1932) is an Aboriginal Australian retired public administrator. She was named Australian of the Year in 1984 and 1990, and was inaugural chairperson of the now dissolved Aboriginal and Torres...
Date of birth:
- Aug 1, 1932 (age 77 years)
Harold Blair
Harold Blair AM (13 September 1924 – 21 May 1976) was an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist.
Blair was born at the Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve, 5 km from Murgon in Queensland. His mother was Esther Quinn, a teenage Aboriginal woman. His...
Date of birth:
- Sep 13, 1924
Date of death:
- May 21, 1976 (age 51 years)
Casey Donovan
Casey Donovan (born 13 May 1988) was the youngest winner of the Australian Idol series, winning the second season of Australian Idol, at the age of 16.
Casey Donovan came from a family of musicians, with several of her relatives pursuing musical...
Date of birth:
- May 13, 1988 (age 21 years)
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman (born 14 July 1972 in Mount Isa, Queensland), Australian actress, was the first Aboriginal actor to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She is well known for having played the character "Kelly"...
Date of birth:
- Jul 14, 1972 (age 37 years)
Tommy Windich
Tommy Windich (c. 1840 – c. 20 February 1876) was an Indigenous Australian member of a number of exploring expeditions in Western Australia in the 1860s and 1870s.
Tommy Windich (or Windiitj) was born around 1840 near Mount Stirling in Western...
Date of birth:
- 1840
Date of death:
- Feb 20, 1876 (age 36 years)
David Gulpilil
David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu (Gurlpilil is linguistically correct though he is sometimes credited as David Gumpilil; born 1 July 1953), is an Indigenous Australian traditional dancer and actor. His first starring role was Walkabout. A...
Date of birth:
- Jul 1, 1953 (age 56 years)
Johnny Mullagh
Johnny Mullagh (13 August 1841 - 14 August 1891), was part of the famous 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England. He was a skilful all-rounder, being a right arm bowler and right-handed batsman.
He was born in Australia in 1841 on Mullagh Station, a...
Date of birth:
- Aug 13, 1841
Date of death:
- Aug 14, 1891 (age 50 years)
Stan Grant
Stan Grant, Sr. is an Elder of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians from what is now the south-west inland region of the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Grant is one of the few people still living to have heard native speakers of his...
Stan Grant
Stan Grant, Jr. (born 30 September 1963) is an Australian journalist and correspondent for CNN. Grant is of part Aboriginal ancestry. He was born in Griffith, New South Wales.
He has had a career as a news reader and presenter on Australian radio ...
Date of birth:
- Sep 30, 1963 (age 46 years)
Queenie McKenzie
Queenie McKenzie (Nakarra) (c. 1930 - 1998) was an Australian artist. She was born on Old Texas Station, on the western bank of the Ord River in East Kimberley.
Irene Barberis
Date of birth:
- 1930
Date of death:
- 1998 (age 68 years)
Anthony Mundine
Anthony Mundine (born 21 May 1975) is an Indigenous Australian boxer and former rugby league footballer. He is a former two-time WBA Super Middleweight champion boxer and current IBO Middleweight champion and New South Wales State of Origin...
Date of birth:
- May 21, 1975 (age 34 years)
Sally Morgan
Sally Jane Morgan (born 18 January, 1951) is an Australian Aboriginal author, dramatist, and artist. Morgan's works are on display in numerous private and public collections in both Australia and around the world.
Morgan was born in Perth, Western...
Date of birth:
- Jan 18, 1951 (age 58 years)
Bobbi Sykes
Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (born 1943) is an Australian poet and author. Although she is the daughter of a white Australian mother and an African-American father, she has always identified as, and until recently was accepted as, an indigenous Australian....
Date of birth:
- 1943 (age 66 years)
Pemulwuy
Pemulwuy was born around 1750 and was an Indigenous Australian man who was born in the area of Botany Bay in New South Wales. He is noted for his resistance to the European settlement of Australia which began with the arrival of the First Fleet in...
Date of birth:
- 1760
Date of death:
- 1802 (age 42 years)
Charles Perkins
Charles Nelson Perkins, AO, (born c.1936/1937 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory — died October 19, 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian Aboriginal activist, football (soccer) player and administrator. He was also known as Charlie...
Date of birth:
- Jun 16, 1936
Date of death:
- Oct 19, 2000 (age 64 years)
Bob Bellear
Bob Bellear (1944 — 15 March 2005) was the first Indigenous Australian judge.
Bob was born in the far north-east of New South Wales, and grew up near the town of Mullumbimby. His grandfather was a Vanuatuan man who was blackbirded to Australia to...
Date of birth:
- 1944
Date of death:
- Mar 15, 2005 (age 61 years)
William Barak
William Barak (or Beruk) (c. 1824 - 15 August 1903), was the last traditional ngurungaeta (elder) of the Wurundjeri-willam clan, based around the area of present-day Melbourne, Australia. He became an influential spokesman for Aboriginal social...
Date of birth:
- 1824
Date of death:
- Aug 15, 1903 (age 79 years)
Wenten Rubuntja
W. Rubuntja (c. 1923 - 2005) was an Australian artist and Aboriginal rights activist. He belonged to the Arrernte indigenous people of Central Australia. His works were painted in acrylic or watercolours and influenced by themes from Dreamtime myths...
Date of birth:
- 1923
Date of death:
- 2005 (age 82 years)
Wylie
Wylie was an indigenous Australian originally from the tribes around Albany in Western Australia. He accompanied Edward John Eyre to Adelaide by sea in May 1840, and would have left with Eyre on his expedition to penetrate to the interior in June of...
Laurie Daley
Laurie Daley OA (born 20 October 1969 in Junee, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league football commentator and former player of Indigenous Australian descent. He represented Australia on several occasions and has since been named as one of...
Date of birth:
- Oct 20, 1969 (age 40 years)
"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
Thomas Edward (Eddie) Gilbert, Jr. (August 14, 1961 – February 18, 1995) was an American professional wrestler and booker, better known as "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert.
Gilbert started wrestling in 1979 as "Tommy Gilbert Jr." in honor of his father,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 14, 1961
Date of death:
- Feb 18, 1995 (age 33 years)
Marion Scrymgour
Marion Rose Scrymgour (born 1960) is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2001, representing the electorate of Arafura. She was the Labor Party Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern...
Date of birth:
- 1960 (age 49 years)
Douglas Nicholls
Pastor Sir Douglas Ralph "Doug" Nicholls, KCVO, OBE, (9 December 1906 - 4 June 1988) was an Australian Aboriginal from the Yorta Yorta people of the Murray river region of New South Wales and Victoria. He was a professional athlete,; a pastor and...
Date of birth:
- Dec 9, 1906
Date of death:
- Jun 4, 1988 (age 81 years)
Arthur Beetson
Arthur Henry "Artie" Beetson, OAM (born 22 January, 1945 in Roma, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league player and coach. He represented Queensland and Australia from 1964 to 1981. His position was at prop. Beetson became the first...
Date of birth:
- Jan 22, 1945 (age 64 years)
Jack Davis
Jack Davis (1917 - 17 March 2000), was a notable Australian 20th Century playwright and poet, also an Indigenous rights campaigner. He was born in Western Australia, in the small town of Yarloop, and lived in Fremantle towards the end of his life....
Date of birth:
- 1917
Date of death:
- Mar 17, 2000 (age 83 years)
Jimmy Governor
Jimmy Governor (1875 – 1901) was one of the Governor brothers, two Indigenous Australian men who committed a series of murders in the Central West and New England regions of New South Wales around the turn of the twentieth century.
Governor had held...
Date of birth:
- 1875
Date of death:
- 1901 (age 26 years)
Loraine Braham
Loraine Margaret Braham is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 1994, representing the electorate of Braitling. She was initially elected as a representative of the Country Liberal...
William Lanne
William Lanne (also known as King Billy or William Laney) (c. 1835 - March 3, 1869) was a Tasmanian Aboriginal, and third husband of Truganini. He is most well-known as the last full-blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian man.
Lanne was captured along with...
Date of birth:
- 1835
Date of death:
- Mar 3, 1869 (age 34 years)
Fanny Cochrane Smith
Fanny Cochrane Smith, (ca. 1834 - 1905) was a Tasmanian Aborigine, born December 1834 after relocation of Tasmania's indigenous population to Wybalena, Flinders Island.
She went on to have 11 children, and a large percentage of the present...
Date of birth:
- 1834
Date of death:
- 1905 (age 71 years)
