"There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land." - Euripides 431 B.C.

Martyrs in The Struggle for Justice

A Gallery in Tribute to Heroes of the Political Struggle for Aboriginal Rights: 1905 - 2005

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William Cooper
1861 - 1941

Pearl Gibbs
1901 - 1983

William (Bill) Onus
1906 - 1968

John (Jack) Patten
1904 - 1957

William Fergusen
1882 - 1950

Doug Nicholls
1906 - 1988

John Newfong
1943 - 1999

Kevin Gilbert
1933 - 1992

Ken Brindle

Bruce McGuinness
1939 - 2003

Lynn Thompson (nee Craigie)

Billy Craigie
1951 - 1998
Essie Coffey
1942 - 1998

Joe McGuinness
1914 - 2003

Rob Riley
1954 - 1995

Margaret (Marge) Tucker
1904 - 1996

Bob Maza
1939 - 2000

Gladys Elphick
1904 - 1988

"Mum Shirl" Smith
1925 - 1998

Charles Perkins
1936 - 2000

Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
1920 - 1993



Judge Bob Bellear
1944 - 2005


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