| Title |
Neville Bonner [videorecording] : politician. |
| Variant title |
Australian biography |
| Publication |
Australia : Distributed by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 2011. |
| ©1993. |
| Physical description |
1 DVD-video (26 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Series title |
Film Australia Collection |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| National Film and Sound Archive Australia : 8653--2016623. |
| Originally produced in Australia in 1993. |
| DVD release of one episode from series 1 of the documentary series "Australian Biography" aired on SBS-TV. |
| WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons. |
| ”A series that profiles some of the most extraordinary Australians of our time” – cover. |
| Credit Notes |
Wireter/producer/director: Frank Heimans ; Interviewer: Robin Hughes. |
| Participants/Performers |
Interviewee: Neville Bonner. |
| Notes |
Politician. – Born in 1922 on Ukerebagh Island, a small settlement on the Tweed River in northern New South Wales, Neville Bonner started his working life as a ringbarker, canecutter and stockman. He spent 16 years on the repressive Palm Island Aboriginal Reserve where he learned many of the skill that would help him later as a politician. Bonner became the first Aboriginal person in Federal Parliament, representing Queensland as a Liberal Party Senator from 1971 to 1983. Bonner crossed the floor 23 times to vote against his own party on Aboriginal issues and in 1982 the Liberal Party demoted him from first to third place on the Queensland Senate ticket. Bonner resigned from the party in fury, stood as an Independent, but was not re-elected. He later became a Board member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1979 bonner was jointly named Australian of the Year, along with naturalist Harry Butler. In 1984 Bonner was awarded the Order of Australia. Neville Bonner was the author of several books including Black Power in Australia; Equal World, Equal Share; and For the Love of Children. |
| Censorship classification : PG. |
| Region code |
DVD video, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo, PAL, Region 0, 4:3. |
| Languages |
English. |
| Subject |
Bonner, Neville T. (Neville Thomas), 1922- Biography |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Biography |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government |
| Politicians -- Australia -- Biography |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Biography |
| Television programs -- Australia |
| Television series -- Australia |
| Genre/Form |
Biographical television programs |
| Nonfiction television programs |
| Corporate Author |
National Film and Sound Archive (Australia) |
| Series |
Film Australia collection |
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