Neville Bonner, the first Aboriginal Australian to enter Parliament. Sitting in both State and Federal Parliament for over 12 years. “A token for no man’ Neville's vision was to integrate not assimilate.
Oodgeroo Noonuccal was a key spokesperson for Aboriginal issues. The first Aboriginal person to publish a book of verse, her poetic viewpoint and visionary defiance - possesses a profound quality still resonating today in generations of Australians.
Conversation with Jill Robinson, director of the first episode of Rebel with A Cause depicting the life and battles of First Nations trailblazer and rebel Pat O’Shane, the first Aboriginal female teacher in Queensland; first Aboriginal magistrate, serving the Local Court in Sydney between 1986 until her retirement in 2013.