Neville Bonner
Background
(Click) Neville Bonner was born in 1922 in a small settlement on the Tweed River in northern New South Wales. (Click) He was the second son of Henry Kenneth Bonner, an English migrant, and his wife Julia who was Aboriginal. (Click) Growing up, he had almost no formal education and worked as a farm labourer before settling on Palm Island, Queensland in 1946. (Click) He was the first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia in 1971. (Click) Initially, Bonner was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a vacancy in the Senate and later was elected to the parliament by popular vote.
How were they called? Why did they feel the need to take action?
(Click) Bonner was an Aboriginal activist who believed it was in the …show more content…
(Click) In 1960, the Queensland Director of Native Affairs invited Bonner to work as the first Aboriginal departmental officer. However, he had to accept under the condition that Bonner and his family would be isolated from the rest of the Aboriginals in the community. Therefore, Bonner refused the position because he had no intention of being separated from his people. (Click) When he was forced to leave Palm Island for refusing, he had to leave his family behind. (Click) He moved to Mount Crosby and managed a dairy farm and then later worked as a labourer for the Brisbane City Council. He then established a business manufacturing boomerangs and then from 1968 to 1971, worked as a carpenter. (Click) By refusing the position the Director offered him, he disregarded income and lifestyle, therefore, forced to find different occupations to provide for his family on Palm Island. (Click 2 times) Furthermore, in 1998, Neville Bonner announced he was dying of lung cancer, however, he continued to work for the rights of Aboriginal Australians. In 1999, he died of lung cancer at Ipswich.
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Background
(Click) Neville Bonner was born in 1922 in a small settlement on the Tweed River in northern New South Wales. (Click) He was the second son of Henry Kenneth Bonner, an English migrant, and his wife Julia who was Aboriginal. (Click) Growing up, he had almost no formal education and worked as a farm labourer before settling on Palm Island, Queensland in 1946. (Click) He was the first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia in 1971. (Click) Initially, Bonner was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a vacancy in the Senate and later was elected to the parliament by popular vote.
How were they called? Why did they feel the need to take action?
(Click) Bonner was an Aboriginal activist who believed it was in the …show more content…
(Click) In 1960, the Queensland Director of Native Affairs invited Bonner to work as the first Aboriginal departmental officer. However, he had to accept under the condition that Bonner and his family would be isolated from the rest of the Aboriginals in the community. Therefore, Bonner refused the position because he had no intention of being separated from his people. (Click) When he was forced to leave Palm Island for refusing, he had to leave his family behind. (Click) He moved to Mount Crosby and managed a dairy farm and then later worked as a labourer for the Brisbane City Council. He then established a business manufacturing boomerangs and then from 1968 to 1971, worked as a carpenter. (Click) By refusing the position the Director offered him, he disregarded income and lifestyle, therefore, forced to find different occupations to provide for his family on Palm Island. (Click 2 times) Furthermore, in 1998, Neville Bonner announced he was dying of lung cancer, however, he continued to work for the rights of Aboriginal Australians. In 1999, he died of lung cancer at Ipswich.
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