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# Noel Pearson

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Noel Pearson is an Aboriginal Australian lawyer, academic, and advocate for Indigenous empowerment. He is known for his work on land rights, welfare reform, and education policy, and for founding organisations such as the Cape York Land Council, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, Cape Yo

##  Quotes by Noel Pearson

> [When he breathed he truly was Australia's greatest white elder and friend without peer to the original Australians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-pearson/when-he-breathed-he-truly-was-australia-s-greatest-white-elder-and/)

[Noel Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-pearson/)

[Australia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australia/)

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> [When he breathed, he truly was Australia’s greatest white elder and friend without peer of the original Australians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-pearson/when-he-breathed-he-truly-was-australia-s-greatest-white-elder-and-2/)

[Noel Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-pearson/)

[Australia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australia/)

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> [It is time to ask: are we Aborigines a serious people? … Do we have the seriousness necessary to maintain our languages,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-pearson/it-is-time-to-ask-are-we-aborigines-a-serious-people-do-we-have-the/)

[Noel Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-pearson/)

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