Aboriginal of the Year
Subcategory of National NAIDOC Awards
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Notes

  • The Aboriginal of the Year Award was changed to Person of the Year Award in the mid-1990s.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1994

Ernie Dingo

Year: 1992

Geraldine Briggs

Year: 1991

Barbara Cummings

Year: 1987

Michael Mansell
Marie Joan Winch

Year: 1985

Kath Walker
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Works About this Award

Aboriginal of The Year 1994 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 13 July no. 80 1994; (p. 1) 'Ernie Dingo is the Aboriginal of the Year. The star of top movies and television series made a special flying trip from New Zealand to accept an award he describes as one of the most important he has been honoured with'.
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