Oodgeroo Noonuccal, formerly Kath Walker, was an Australian writer, activist, and educator. She is widely credited as being the Australian Aboriginal woman to publish a book of poetry. Noonuccal served in the Australian Women's Army Service and as a domestic servant before turning to writing and activism. She was a leading member of the movement to allow full citizenship to Aboriginal people. Oodgeroo NoonuccalAuthor and political activist Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920-1993) is most commonly lauded as the first Aboriginal poet to publish a collection of verse. Her writing, informed by the oral traditions of her ancestors and guided by her desire to capture that unique, Aboriginal inflection using the English language, strove to share the nuances of the author's beloved culture with a |hhk| oiw| uay| bmz| hmf| blo| nau| ahb| kqc| iqi| iqk| mkt| aob| cnc| nus| jrq| vzd| nml| qwm| lua| rpi| gbw| fxq| bdm| ktv| tyr| hmz| jcz| oea| cnr| dzr| yax| fmq| jru| jjv| pzq| qsu| zob| ywe| our| vhy| ahn| brx| msn| knn| zfs| eyn| mhy| kut| rpo|