John Newfong
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John Archibald Newfong was an Aboriginal Australian journalist and writer. A descendant of the Ngugi people of Moreton Bay, he was the first Aboriginal person to be employed as a journalist in the mai
Sydney, 1970
Bobbi Sykes
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Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes was an Australian poet and author. She was a lifelong campaigner for Indigenous land rights, as well as human rights and women's rights.
John Newfong
…became "enormously influential" under his leadership. Newfong published a five-point plan for land rights in the magazine. He became involved in Koori Bina, a monthly newspaper published by Black Women's Action from 1976 to 1979, helping the inexperienced young women in its production. Throughout the 1980s…
Bobbi Sykes
Sykes with Gordon Briscoe at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, 30 July 1972