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“As they were leading me up, I looked up and around the galleries and I could feel the whole Aboriginal race, of those who had gone before, were all up there, and I could visualise, I could hear voices and amongst those voices was the voice of my grandfather saying, 'It's alright now boy, you are finally in the council with the Australian Elders. Everything is now going to be alright.'”

Quote by Neville Bonner

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Neville Bonner was an Australian politician who served as a Senator and later as a member of the House of Representatives. He was the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the Australian Parliament and is known for his advocacy for Indigenous rights and his contributions to the Australian Labor Party. Bonner passed away on February 5, 1999. more

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