Patrick Dodson

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Patrick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, activist, and politician widely regarded as the "father of reconciliation" for his work advancing Indigenous rights and social justice.


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instanceOf Australian politician
Indigenous Australian leader
Roman Catholic priest
activist
human
senator
advocatesFor Voice to Parliament for Indigenous Australians
constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians
appointedBy Australian Labor Party (to Senate casual vacancy)
awardReceived Honorary Doctorate (various Australian universities)
Sydney Peace Prize
chairpersonOf Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
coChairOf Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1948-01-29
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Melbourne
Monivae College
endTime (Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation chairperson) 1997
ethnicGroup Yawuru people
familyName Dodson
fieldOfWork Indigenous land rights
reconciliation
social justice
givenName Patrick
hasRole special envoy for reconciliation and implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart
hasSibling Mick Dodson
knownFor advocacy for Indigenous rights in Australia
leadership in Aboriginal affairs
work on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
languageSpoken English
Yawuru
livedIn Broome
Darwin
memberOf Australian Labor Party
Referendum Council
name Patrick Lionel Djargun Dodson
nickname father of reconciliation
notableWork leadership in the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
occupation Aboriginal rights activist
mediator
politician
placeOfBirth Broome, Western Australia
positionHeld Senator for Western Australia
religion Catholic Church
replaced Joe Bullock
residence Western Australia
startTime 2016-09-02
startTime (Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation chairperson) 1991

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Sydney Peace Prize
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