Kevin Gilbert

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Kevin Gilbert was an influential Aboriginal Australian writer, artist, and activist known for his pioneering work in Indigenous rights and literature.

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Kevin Gilbert canonical 3

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instanceOf Aboriginal Australian writer
activist
artist
author
person
playwright
poet
printmaker
awardReceived Human Rights Award for Literature (Australia)
causeOfDeath emphysema
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1933-07-10
dateOfDeath 1993-04-01
ethnicity Aboriginal Australian
genre autobiographical writing
drama
poetry
political writing
hasInfluenced Indigenous rights discourse in Australia
later generations of Aboriginal Australian writers
knownFor Indigenous rights activism in Australia
pioneering Aboriginal Australian literature
political art addressing Aboriginal land rights
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Aboriginal rights movement in Australia
surface form: Aboriginal land rights movement

Indigenous rights movement in Australia
notableWork Aboriginalia (artworks series)
Because a White Man’ll Never Do It
Black from the Edge
Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert
The Cherry Pickers
occupation activist
artist
playwright
poet
printmaker
writer
placeOfBirth Condobolin
surface form: Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia
placeOfDeath Canberra
surface form: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
positionHeld prominent spokesperson for Aboriginal land rights
residence Canberra
surface form: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
subjectOf studies in Aboriginal Australian literature
workFocus Aboriginal identity and culture
Aboriginal land rights
colonial dispossession of Indigenous Australians
racism in Australia

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Wiradjuri people hasNotablePerson Kevin Gilbert
song "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow writer Kevin Gilbert
subject surface form: All I Wanna Do
Leaving Las Vegas writer Kevin Gilbert