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How Lowitja O'Donoghue changed the way Australia looked at Aboriginal affairs

How Lowitja O'Donoghue changed the way Australia looked at Aboriginal affairs
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From the Archives, 1972: Pastor Doug Nicholls knighted

On this day in 1972, the news that Pastor Doug Nicholls was created a Knight Bachelor for “distinguished services to the advancement of the Aboriginal people”, the first Indigenous Australian to receive a knighthood, was featured on the front page of The Age.

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From the Archives, 1972: Pastor first Indigenous person to be knighted

Fifty years ago, 65-year-old Pastor Doug Nicholls became the first Indigenous person to receive a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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