Cec Fisher was born at the Cherbourg Aboriginal Community in 1933 and was a recognised Elder in the south-east region of Queensland. He was educated to Year 4 level and sent out to the workforce at 14 years of age. He had many occupations, including stockman, railway fettler and he served in the Korean War. In additon, Fisher was a Brisbane witness at the Stolen Children Inquiry in 1996.
Fisher was the Human Rights Commission's first Aboriginal Liaison Officer, and worked there since its establishment in Queensland in 1984.
Through his poetry Fisher explores the history of the Indigenous people in Queensland from the Dreamtime to the present. His writing highlights the struggles for justice, freedom and basic human rights of his people. He is known to many as 'Black Banjo' but doesn't appear to have used this name as a pseudonym.
Fisher published three collections of poetry: Flag of Unity, Poems from the Bush and 'Unity Now'.
