Donald Thomson
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1901 – 1970
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Who was Donald Thomson?
Donald Fergusson Thomson, OBE was an Australian anthropologist and ornithologist who was largely responsible for turning the Caledon Bay crisis into a "decisive moment in the history of Aboriginal-European relations." He is remembered as a friend of the Yolngu people, and as a champion of understanding, by non-Indigenous Australians, of the culture and society of Indigenous Australians.
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- Born
- Jun 26, 1901
Brighton - Ethnicity
- Indigenous Australians
- Education
- University of Melbourne
- University of Sydney
- Died
- May 1, 1970
Melbourne
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on July 23, 2013
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