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# Neville Bonner

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Neville Thomas Bonner was an Australian politician, and the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. He was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual vacancy in the representation of Queensland in the Senate in 1971, and in 1972 became the first In

##  Quotes by Neville Bonner

> [As they were leading me up, I looked up and around the galleries and I could feel the whole Aboriginal race, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neville-bonner/as-they-were-leading-me-up-i-looked-up-and-around-the-galleries-and-i/)

Neville Bonner

[Aboriginal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aboriginal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/neville-bonner-97295_aboriginal_as-they-were-leading-me-up-i-looked-up-a_895607.jpg)

> [We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neville-bonner/we-as-aboriginal-people-still-have-to-fight-to-prove-that-we-are/)

Neville Bonner

[Aboriginal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aboriginal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/neville-bonner-97295_aboriginal_we-as-aboriginal-people-still-have-to-fi_1900491.jpg)

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                        "text": "As they were leading me up, I looked up and around the galleries and I could feel the whole Aboriginal race, of those who had gone before, were all up there, and I could visualise, I could hear voices and amongst those voices was the voice of my grandfather saying, 'It's alright now boy, you are finally in the council with the Australian Elders. Everything is now going to be alright.'",
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