Ukerbagh Island / Tiwi islands / Beagle Bay / Tweed River / /
Organization
Department of Employment / House of Representatives / Torres Strait Islander Commission / Australian Democrats / Liberal Party / Senate / Victorian Senate / Outside of Federal Parliament / Socialist Alliance / Federal Government / Australia’s government / Federal Parliament / Australian Council of Businesswomen / /
Person
Marion Scrymgour / Sharon Firebrace / Warren H Williams / Adam Graham Giles / Ben Wyatt / Neville Bonner / Aden Ridgeway / Torres Strait / Neville Perkins / Nova Peris / Kenneth George Wyatt / Ken Wyatt / Glenice Smith / Aboriginal Strait Islander / Linda Burney / Torres Strait Islander / /
Position
head of government / Indigenous politician / politician / head of government.2 / Senator / Governor / Chief Minister of the Northern Territory / first Indigenous head / candidate / member / /
ProvinceOrState
Queensland / New South Wales / Northern Territory / /
PublishedMedium
the West Australian / /
Region
South Wales / /
SportsEvent
the 1996 Summer Olympics / the 1998 Commonwealth Games / /
Indigenous participation in parliament 1. There have only been two Indigenous Senators in 109 years of Federal Parliament and one Indigenous politician in the House of Representatives. Neville Bonner was the first Aborig