Rex Leon Marshall Rex Leon Marshall i(A27105 works by)
Born: Established: 1943 Grafton, Grafton area, Grafton - Maclean area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Thungutti ; Aboriginal Gumbayngirr / Gumbainggirr ; Aboriginal
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Rex Marshall spent his first sixteen years at Baryulgil Reserve, and attended St. Joseph's Primary School and Baryulgil Primary School. Active in Aboriginal affairs for most of his life, Rex joined with other Aboriginal activists to set up the Aboriginal Embassy in 1972, and in 1973 was elected as a representative on the first National Aboriginal Consultative Committee.

Marshall has also been the Director of Aboriginal Cultural Education for the Kempsey Youth and Cultural Centre and the Administrator for the Coffs Harbour Aboriginal Family Centre. Between poems, he attends various functions in his capacity as a Justice of the Peace.

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