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Oodgeroo Noonuccal

1920 - 1993

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Oodgeroo Noonuccal ( UUD-gə-roo NOO-nə-kəl; born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska, later Kath Walker (3 November 1920 – 16 September 1993) was an Aboriginal Australian political activist, artist and educator, who campaigned for Aboriginal rights. Noonuccal was best known for her poetry, and was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oodgeroo Noonuccal is the 6,364th most popular writer (down from 5,523rd in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from Australia (down from 249th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Australian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 6,364 out of 7,302. Before her are Pavel Antokolsky, Zadie Smith, Alan Garner, Jáchym Topol, Tristan Taormino, and Ion Negoițescu. After her are Māra Zālīte, Alex Yermolinsky, Richard Price, Satya Vrat Shastri, Olivier Weber, and Susan Bassnett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 429. Before her are Sammy Lee, Joyce King, Virginia Christine, Duncan Hamilton, Les Leston, and Asuman Baytop. After her are Aldo Ghira, McDonald Bailey, Ruth Graham, Jimmy Witherspoon, Ronald Pope, and István Szívós. Among people deceased in 1993, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 288. Before her are Criss Oliva, Vladimir Barmin, Ethelwynn Trewavas, Daulat Singh Kothari, Rok Petrovič, and Ion Negoițescu. After her are Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Ruby Keeler, Kenneth Connor, Kerry Von Erich, and Michael Clarke.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 420 out of 1,143. Before her are Bill Hayden (1933), Robert Hughes (1938), Indiana Evans (1990), Oliver Bozanic (1989), Caitlin Stasey (1990), and Paul Stoddart (1955). After her are Warwick Brown (1949), Sandra Morgan (1942), Bob Tinning (1925), Michael Wenden (1949), John Landy (1930), and Joshua Kennedy (1982).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 25. Before her are Markus Zusak (1975), Banjo Paterson (1864), Henry Lawson (1867), Joan Lindsay (1896), Adam Elliot (1972), and Robert Hughes (1938). After her are Kate Morton (1976), DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), David Malouf (1934), Les Murray (1938), and Richard Flanagan (1961).

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