- Bob Randall
Bob Randall, is a member of the
Stolen Generations and formerIndigenous Person of the Year . He is credited with bringing to light the issue of forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families, in 1970. His song, "My Brown Skin Baby They Take Him Away," written at the time, is described as an "anthem" for the Stolen Generations.He spent some time on Elcho Island and other places in the Northern Teritory.
Later he created the first Aborgininal Centre at the University of Wollongong, south of Sydney. He then moved to the Australian National University in Canberra to create a similar Centre called the Jabal Centre at the ANU in Canberra.
He has returned to Central Australia. He is a member of the Luritja Tribe from the Western End of the MacDonald Ranges.
At age seven, Bob was removed from his family in the vicinity of
Uluru and taken to Alice Springs. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/stories/s1932286.htm Suzannah Vaughan and Bob Randall ] ]In 2006, Bob's life became the subject of the documentary Kanyini.
References
*http://www.abc.net.au/austory/series4/9902.htm
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3ytJioxKzI YouTube clip of Bob singing "brown Skin Baby".]
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