Aboriginal political trailblazer Eric Deeral dies aged 79

Australian Eastern Daylight Time — September 06, 2012

Aboriginal political trailblazer Eric Deeral dies aged 79

In the 1970s, under the Bjelke-Petersen government, Mr Deeral became only the second Aborigine elected to an Australian parliament - after fellow Queenslander Neville Bonner was elected a senator in 1969 - and the first elected to a State Parliament.

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Aboriginal political trailblazer Eric Deeral dies aged 79

Aboriginal political trailblazer Eric Deeral dies aged 79

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