Charles Perkins
Football, Football player
1936 – 2000
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Who was Charles Perkins?
Charles Nelson Perkins, AO, commonly known as Charlie Perkins, was an Australian Aboriginal activist, football player and administrator. He was known as Kumantjayi Perkins in the period immediately following his death. Kumantjayi is a name used to refer to a deceased person in Arrernte culture.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1936
Alice Springs - Also known as
- Charles Nelson Perkins
- Kumantjayi Perkins
- Charlie Perkins
- Spouses
- Eileen Perkins
(1961/09/23 - 2000/10/19)
- Eileen Perkins
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Indigenous Australians
- Kalkadoon people
- Aranda people
- Aboriginal Australians
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
( - 1966)
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
- Lived in
- Alice Springs
- Died
- Oct 19, 2000
Sydney
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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