Bonner, Neville Thomas

Bonner, Neville Thomas
▪ 2000

      Australian politician who was the first Aboriginal to win election to the country's parliament, where he served in the Senate from 1971 until 1983, espousing Aboriginal land rights and opposing assimilationist policies advocated by a conservative government (b. March 28, 1922, Ukerebagh Island, Tweed Heads, N.S.W., Australia—d. Feb. 5, 1999, Ipswich, Queen., Australia).

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