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          Oodgeroo Noonuccal

          Aboriginal Australian poet, artist, teacher and campaigner for Indigenous rights

          Oodgeroo Noonuccal
          (Kath Walker)

          Oodgeroo Noonuccal
          at Brisbane's King George Square, March 1975

          Born

          Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska


          (1920-11-03)3 November 1920

          Minjerribah, Queensland, Australia

          Died16 September 1993(1993-09-16) (aged 72)

          Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

          NationalityAustralian
          Other namesKath Walker, Kathleen Ruska
          EducationBookkeeping, typing, shorthand
          Occupation(s)Army officer, writer, teacher, poet
          Employer(s)Australian Women's Army Service, Noonuccal-Nughie Education Cultural Centre
          Known forPoetry, acting, writing, Aboriginal rights activism
          Political partyCommunist Party of Australia
          Australian Labor Party
          Australian Democrats
          Board member ofFederal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI)
          SpouseBruce Walker
          ChildrenDenis Walker
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