(1922-03-28)28 March 1922 Ukerebagh Island, New South Wales, Australia
Died
5 February 1999(1999-02-05) (aged 76) Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Political party
Independent (1983–1999)
Other political affiliations
Liberal (1967–1983)
Spouses
Mona Bonner
(m. 1943; died 1969)
Heather Ryan
(m. 1972)
Children
5 boys
Occupation
Federal Senator
Neville Thomas Bonner AO (28 March 1922 – 5 February 1999) was an Australian politician, and the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. He was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual vacancy in the representation of Queensland in the Senate, and later became the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the parliament by popular vote. Neville Bonner was an elder of the Jagera people.
Neville Thomas Bonner AO (28 March 1922 – 5 February 1999) was an Australian politician, and the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the...
The NevilleBonner Bridge is a footbridge spanning the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Australia, connecting the incomplete Queen's Wharf precinct in the Brisbane...
2004 and is named after NevilleBonner, the first Aboriginal Australian person to serve in the Australian Parliament. Bonner served in the federal Senate...
Heather Bonner (1923–2004) was an Australian Indigenous rights activist, the wife of the first Australian Indigenous Senator, NevilleBonner. Heather Ray...
period in office, NevilleBonner joined the Senate and became the first Indigenous Australian in the Australian Parliament. Bonner was chosen by the Liberal...
Australians began to serve in parliaments from the late 1960s. In 1971, NevilleBonner joined the Australian Senate as a Senator for Queensland for the Liberal...
referred to his concrete Aboriginal as "Neville". The name "Neville" was thought to be a reference to NevilleBonner, the first Aboriginal Australian to sit...
In 1979, Butler was named the Australian of the Year, jointly with NevilleBonner. In 1993, he was awarded a cash prize for his 30 years of work with...
Indigenous members of the ten Australian legislatures, beginning when NevilleBonner entered the Australian Senate on 15 August 1971. Of these, 23 have been...
first Aboriginal Senator was sitting on the government benches, with NevilleBonner becoming a Liberal Senator for QLD. During this period, the policy of...
Indooroopilly Railway Bridge Jack Pesch Bridge Kurilpa Bridge Merivale Bridge NevilleBonner Bridge under construction Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges Story Bridge Ted...
Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2011. Bonner, Neville (4 February 1998). "NevilleBonner; speech to the Constitutional Convention; 4 February...
The grandstand and clubhouse is named after Ipswich resident Senator NevilleBonner, the first of the country's indigenous Australians to become a member...
Blaine, Flinders Peak Group Multuggerah, 19th-century warrior Hon. NevilleBonner, former Australian senator, Jagera elder Jeannie Bell, Australian linguist...
Aboriginal representation in Parliament began to assert its presence. NevilleBonner was appointed Liberal Senator for QLD in 1971, becoming the first federal...
Galarrwuy Yunupingu 1948 2023 Indigenous land rights activist 1979 NevilleBonner 1922 1999 First Aboriginal person elected to the Parliament of Australia...
the Senate. Price invoked the legacy of the first Aboriginal Senator NevilleBonner to criticise welfare dependency and "opportunistic collectivism" as...
grown. Australia's first indigenous member of the Australian parliament NevilleBonner was born on Ukerabagh in 1922. In 1927, the NSW Aborigines Protection...
period in office, NevilleBonner joined the Senate and became the first Indigenous Australian in the Australian Parliament. Bonner was chosen by the Liberal...
the first women in the Federal Parliament in 1943. In 1971, Senator NevilleBonner became the first Aboriginal Australian to sit in the federal Parliament...
"Heritage Victoria : McKillops Bridge". "Webb Bridge". architravel.com. "NevilleBonner Bridge Architectural and Engineering Statement in Response to EDQ Request"...
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