attended a Australian Aboriginal rights event, as a minister; known as a prominent athlete who fought for citizenship and voting rights within Australia. co-founded the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League in 1957, serving as field officer; played a key role in the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement. was knighted in 1972; held the office of Governor of South Australia from 1976 to 1977.
Guberniestro de Sudaŭstralio (1976–77)
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kids.kiddle.coDouglas Nicholls (1906−88) was a Yorta Yorta activist, athlete, minister, and politician who advocated for the rights of the Australian Aboriginal peoples. After early success as a football player, Nicholls used his fame to advance the well-being of Indigenous communities, advocating for their citizenship and voting rights as well as for the preservation of their lands.
www.britannica.comIn May 1957 Nicholls formed the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League with the social activist Doris Blackburn, Stan Davey, a committed Christian and activist, and Gordon Bryant, a Federal parliamentarian. As its paid field officer and spokesman, Nicholls contested assimilation policies and used film to raise awareness of issues. When the Welfare Board attempted to close Lake Tyers reserve, Gippsland, he resigned in disgust and led a protest march on parliament in May 1963. … In 1958...
adb.anu.edu.auA website on the campaigns to include Indigenous Australians as members of Australian society with rights to vote and rights to benefits such as the old age pension; and documents the concurrent campaigns to develop and disseminate an argument - moral, legal and economic - for an Indigenous right to land at a time when mining companies and governments were working together to develop mines in Aboriginal reserves.
www.indigenousrights.net.au