Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography
This project seeks to add the stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the ADB to redress an imbalance and make it more reflective of Australian history.
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Apma, Undelya (Minnie)
(1909–1990)
Arrernte woman and domestic servant
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Arabanoo
(1759–1789)
Aboriginal leader
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Ballandella
(1831–1863)
stolen child
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Barlow, Billy
(1825–1860)
Gubbi Gubbi headman and resistance leader
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Bellear, Lisa
(1961–2006)
Indigenous activist, photographer, and radio broadcaster
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Blackman, Thomas Henry
(1843–1920)
rural labourer, farmer, and bushrangers’ associate
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Bogan, Billy
(1860–1900)
tracker and fugitive
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Bohemia, Jack Nyibayarri
(1903–1994)
Gooniyandi cultural leader and police tracker
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Brice, Annie
(1849–1931)
domestic servant
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Brooks, Walter Woodman (Jacky)
(1906–1968)
rugby league footballer
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Bungarie, John
(1829–1854)
native police officer
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Bussamarai
(1795–1852)
Aboriginal resistance leader
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Carter, Roland Wenzel
(1892–1960)
soldier and community leader
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Chaseland, Tommy
(1800–1869)
sealer, whaler, and expatriate
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Cook, Sydney James
(1937–1983)
state ward and union organiser
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Coomindah, Mary Ann
(1865–1929)
gdanja (herbalist), healer, and domestic servant
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Cooper, Lynch
(1906–1971)
Yorta Yorta man, professional runner, and house painter
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Croft, Joseph (Joe)
(1925–1996)
surveyor and public servant
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Crow, Jim
(1825–1884)
guide, host, and symbolic figure
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Dalaipi
(1795–1863)
headman, orator, rainmaker, guide, philosopher, and mediator
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Daniels, Dexter
(1936–1999)
union organiser and political activist
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Dennison, Charles (Charlie)
(1846–1956)
stockman, horse whisperer, and cultural man
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Djimongurr
(1910–1969)
cultural storyteller, marrkidjbu (healer), and rock art artist
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Foley, Shirley
(1938–2000)
Badtjala (Butchulla) woman and Senior Traditional Owner
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Fraser, Yoolya/Fulgentius
(1899–1967)
evangelist, drover and stockman
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Gida
(1849–1899)
mamus (chief) and Wild Australia Show performer
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Giles, Biddy/Biyarung
(1810–1888)
Dharawal woman and cultural leader
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Hanley, Kitty (Kate)
(1845–1917)
Wiradjuri matriarch and midwife
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Hippai, Peter
(1835–1904)
stockman and cultural custodian
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Irwin, William Allan
(1878–1918)
shearer and soldier
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Ivaritji
(1849–1929)
Kaurna elder, Kaurna language speaker, and weaver
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Jaminji, Paddy
(1912–1996)
artist
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Kabirriki, Nipper
(1910–1987)
research collaborator
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Kudajarnd
(1845–1905)
elder, senior law man, and Wild Australia Show performer
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Kudnarto
(1832–1855)
Kaurna and Ngadjuri landholder
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Little, James Kunkus
(1911–1972)
entertainer and gum leaf band player
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Little, Jimmy
(1937–2012)
singer, musician, and philanthropist
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Luther, Maurice Jupurrurla
(1945–1985)
Warlpiri community leader
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Matbar, Lallie
(1905–1970)
Wangkatha woman
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McKenzie, Queenie Mingmarriya Nakarra
(1915–1998)
law woman, leader, and artist
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Mosby, Harry Walter
(1945–1993)
railway worker and Paralympian
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Mullawallah
(1821–1896)
Wadawurrung (Wathaurong) ancestor and ambassador, and Burrumbeet Balug Arweet
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Multuggerah
(1820–1846)
Aboriginal warrior, resistance leader, and headman
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Mulun, Magdalena
(1871–1913)
Aboriginal community leader and Christian
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Mungo Lady
(?–?)
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Mungo Man
(?–?)
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Munns, Oscar John
(1906–1982)
community leader, stockman, noted athlete
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Nayombolmi
(1895–1967)
rock art artist
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Noble, Jack
(1855–1935)
native police trooper
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O'Chin, Andrew (Jack)
(1917–1978)
Aboriginal community leader and rugby league footballer