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Archie Barton
AM
BornMarch 1936[1]
Barton Railway Siding, South Australia[2]
Died18 October 2008 (72 years)
Ceduna, South Australia
Resting placeOak Valley, South Australia
29°24′05″S 130°44′23″E / 29.40148°S 130.73977°E / -29.40148; 130.73977
Known forAustralian Aboriginal political activist and land-rights campaigner
Board member ofImparja Television
PartnerMary Harrison
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia, 1989; Honorary Doctorate, University of Adelaide, 1996

Archie Barton AM was an Aboriginal Australian political activist and land-rights campaigner. He played a key role in the 20-year campaign in the Maralinga Tjarutja people regaining ownership of their land, following the British nuclear tests at Maralinga, South Australia, and having the test sites cleaned up,[3][4] and establishing Oak Valley with funds provided as compensation for the dispossession of the Maralinga people from their lands[5]

  1. ^ the exact date is unknown
  2. ^ Barton Railway Siding
  3. ^ Mark McGinness, (3 December 2008), Hero of the Maralinga people: Archie Barton 1936–2008, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, p. 20
  4. ^ Kathy Marks, (7 November 2008), Archie Barton: Aboriginal leader who campaigned for the clean-up of the Maralinga nuclear test sites, The Independent, London
  5. ^ Sandra McKay, (20 December 1997), The dispossessed, The Age, Melbourne, p. 4

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