Cissy McLeod sometimes spelt Cissie McLeod (c.20 July 1896[a] – 6 February 1928) was the first Indigenous woman in Australia to receive a bronze medal from the Royal Humane Society for her act of brav

Leane, Lucy Lucy Leane was an Aboriginal farmer and landowner on Williams Creek near the Georges River in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born Lucy Burn, in Holsworthy around 1840, she had

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Nemarluk Nemarluk (1911? – August 1940) was a fierce Aboriginal warrior who lived around present-day Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. He fought strongly against both white and Japanese

Simon Wonga Born c. 1824 Died 1874 Simon Wonga (1824–1874), ngurungaeta and son of Billibellary, was an elder of the Wurundjeri people, who lived in the Melbourne area of Australia before European s