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Oodgeroo Noonuccal was born on 3 November 1920 on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, one of the Noonuccal tribe. She wanted to become a nurse, however further study was not an option for an Aboriginal student at the time, so she went into domestic service for a white family in Brisbane. The work was hard so when the war broke out she joined the Army and worked as a switchboard operator. She married a wharfie, had two sons and studied to be a stenographer. The marriage was not happy and it did not last.

She joined the Communist Party as she found they were the only party sympathetic to the problems of Aboriginal people. She was active in the movement to advance Aboriginal rights and became secretary for the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders from 1960. She wrote a poem entitled 'Aboriginal Charter of Rights' which became the 'battle hymn' of the reform movement.

In 1964, Aunty Oodgeroo's first book of poetry We Are Going was published and it was widely read and discussed. Her poignant collection became a best-seller, and she became the

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Aunty Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920 - 1993) was an Aboriginal rights activist, poet, veteran, environmentalist and educator.

*Aunty Oodgeroo Noonuccal previously known and is often referred to as Kath Walker. In 1988 she adopted the name Oodgeroo (meaning 'paperbark tree') Noonuccal.

Aunty Oodgeroo Noonuccal was born in Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) in Queensland in 1920. Her father, Edward, was a Quandamooka man from the Noonuccal Clan from the area around Moreton Bay and Stradbroke Island and her mother, Lucy, was of the Peewee clan from inland Australia.

"We belong here, we are of the old ways. We are the corroboree and the bora ground, We are the old sacred ceremonies, the laws of the elders" – We Are Going

Growing up, Aunty Oodgeroo had a strong connection to her sand and water Country and her culture. Her totem was Kabool the carpet snake. Aunty Oodgeroo’s father taught all his children about Aboriginal lore and values.

The Dispossessed

Image: Kath Walker, Moongalba, one 1974 Carol JERREMS.

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Oodgeroo (meaning 'paperbark tree') of the Noonuccal people of Stradbroke Island was known as Kath Walker until she returned to her language name in 1988 as a sign of protest against Australia's Bicentenary celebrations and as a symbol of pride in an Aboriginal heritage.

Brought up on North Stradbroke Island east of Brisbane, Oodgeroo Noonuccal was educated at Dunwich State School until the age of thirteen and then became a domestic servant. She joined the army during the war and in 1942 married her childhood friend Bruce Walker, a descendant from the Logan and Albert River peoples near Brisbane. They had two sons, Denis Walker and Vivian Walker, who both later took language names.

From the 1960s Oodgeroo Noonuccal became increasingly involved in civil rights and the Aboriginal activist movements and held several public positions. One of the founding members of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, she served as state secretary for ten years and in this capacity she was a leader in the campaign to grant Aboriginal