Gender:
Male
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2022 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance for 'Wounded Country'.
- 2015 shortlisted Ashurst Business Literature Prize
Awards for Works
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Rob Riley : An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice
Canberra
:
Aboriginal Studies Press
,
2006
Z1269165
2006
single work
biography
(taught in 3 units)
'Explores Riley's political and personal life as a key Aboriginal activist. A member of the Stolen Generation, he was a major contributor to national politics. Riley's success was based on his charismatic personality and advocacy skills. Centre stage in the fight for land rights, he was closely involved in the establishment of ATSIC, Deaths in Custody and the Stolen Generations and the WA Aboriginal Legal Service.' (Publisher blurb)
- 2007 shortlisted Stanner Award
- 2006 joint winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Non-Fiction
- 2007 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
- 2006 winner Human Rights Awards — Literature Non-Fiction Award
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