Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Poet, Author
1920 – 1993
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Who was Oodgeroo Noonuccal?
Oodgeroo Noonuccal was an Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo was best known for her poetry, and was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse.
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- Born
- Nov 3, 1920
Stradbroke Island - Also known as
- Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska
- Kath Walker
- Parents
- Spouses
- Bruce Raymond Walker
(1942/12 - 1954)
- Bruce Raymond Walker
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Indigenous Australians
- Aboriginal Australians
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Dunwich State School
( - 1933)
- Dunwich State School
- Lived in
- Queensland
- Died
- Sep 16, 1993
Altona Meadows
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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