William Onus

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Aboriginal Australian activist artist civil rights leader person

William Onus was an Aboriginal Australian activist and leader who played a key role in early Indigenous civil rights campaigns and cultural advocacy in the 20th century.

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William Onus canonical 1
William Townsend Onus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian activist ⓘ
artist ⓘ
civil rights leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
advocatedFor full citizenship rights for Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
preservation and promotion of Aboriginal cultural practices ⓘ
recognition of Aboriginal people in Australian society ⓘ
reform of discriminatory laws against Aboriginal people ⓘ
cause Aboriginal self-determination ⓘ
protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage ⓘ
racial equality in Australia ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 20th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
ethnicity Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
surface form: Aboriginal Australian

Aboriginal Australian ⓘ
Wiradjuri people ⓘ
surface form: Wiradjuri
familyName Onus ⓘ
fieldOfWork Indigenous cultural advocacy ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
community organising ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasRelative Lin Onus ⓘ
heritage Wiradjuri descent ⓘ
knownFor leadership in Aboriginal organisations in Victoria ⓘ
organising early Aboriginal civil rights campaigns in the mid-20th century ⓘ
using performance and entertainment to promote Aboriginal culture ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Aboriginal Advancement League ⓘ
Australian Aborigines League ⓘ
surface form: Australian Aborigines' League
movement Aboriginal civil rights movement in Australia ⓘ
Indigenous rights movement in Australia ⓘ
name William Onus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Townsend Onus
notableFor Indigenous Australian civil rights activism ⓘ
advocacy for Aboriginal citizenship rights ⓘ
promotion of Aboriginal culture ⓘ
occupation Aboriginal leader ⓘ
activist ⓘ
cultural advocate ⓘ
showman ⓘ
theatre producer ⓘ
placeOfActivity Melbourne ⓘ
surface form: Melbourne, Australia

Victoria (Australia) ⓘ
surface form: Victoria, Australia
positionHeld President of the Australian Aborigines' League ⓘ

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National Day of Mourning (1938) → organizedBy → William Onus ⓘ
William Onus → name → William Onus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Townsend Onus