Description:Chapters: Geoff Clark, Matt Maguire, Dave Hughes, Brian Fitzpatrick, J. F. Archibald, Jordan Lewis, Brenton Primmer, Kellie Mcmillan, Keirra Trompf, Thomas Mccosker. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Geoff Clark (born 1952) is an Australian Aboriginal politician and activist. Clark led the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) until it was effectively disbanded in 2004. Geoff Clark was raised by his grandmother, Alice, in an Aboriginal community in western Victoria. He was a keen boxer, boxing in Jimmy Sharman's mansion when it came to Warrnambool. At age 20 he moved to Western Australia and until he was 26 he worked as a builder's labourer and as a gardener and played football for WAFL clubs Claremont and Subiaco. Geoff also represented Norwood in the SANFL for 2 games in 1978. In 1979 he became the administrator for the Framlingham Aboriginal Community Trust. He co-founded the Aboriginal Provisional Government in 1983 and in the same year visited Manuel Noriega, the then dictator of Panama. Between 1983 and 1996, he was active locally and internationally in indigenous affairs. In December 1996 Clark was elected to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) board as the Native Title spokesman. In December 1999 he became the first chairperson of ATSIC to be elected to that position. He served two terms in this position before the organisation was disbanded in 2003. Clark's tenure was increasingly overshadowed by allegations of misconduct and ongoing criminal proceedings against him. In August 2003, Clark was suspended as ATSIC chairperson by the Indigenous Affairs Minister, Amanda Vanstone. The suspension was later overruled in court on the basis of illegality. It was alleged that he attempted to sell off gov...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=394385We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Warrnambool: Geoff Clark, Matt Maguire, Dave Hughes, Brian Fitzpatrick, J. F. Archibald, Jordan Lewis, Brenton Primmer. To get started finding People from Warrnambool: Geoff Clark, Matt Maguire, Dave Hughes, Brian Fitzpatrick, J. F. Archibald, Jordan Lewis, Brenton Primmer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
36
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1157335918
People from Warrnambool: Geoff Clark, Matt Maguire, Dave Hughes, Brian Fitzpatrick, J. F. Archibald, Jordan Lewis, Brenton Primmer
Description: Chapters: Geoff Clark, Matt Maguire, Dave Hughes, Brian Fitzpatrick, J. F. Archibald, Jordan Lewis, Brenton Primmer, Kellie Mcmillan, Keirra Trompf, Thomas Mccosker. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Geoff Clark (born 1952) is an Australian Aboriginal politician and activist. Clark led the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) until it was effectively disbanded in 2004. Geoff Clark was raised by his grandmother, Alice, in an Aboriginal community in western Victoria. He was a keen boxer, boxing in Jimmy Sharman's mansion when it came to Warrnambool. At age 20 he moved to Western Australia and until he was 26 he worked as a builder's labourer and as a gardener and played football for WAFL clubs Claremont and Subiaco. Geoff also represented Norwood in the SANFL for 2 games in 1978. In 1979 he became the administrator for the Framlingham Aboriginal Community Trust. He co-founded the Aboriginal Provisional Government in 1983 and in the same year visited Manuel Noriega, the then dictator of Panama. Between 1983 and 1996, he was active locally and internationally in indigenous affairs. In December 1996 Clark was elected to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) board as the Native Title spokesman. In December 1999 he became the first chairperson of ATSIC to be elected to that position. He served two terms in this position before the organisation was disbanded in 2003. Clark's tenure was increasingly overshadowed by allegations of misconduct and ongoing criminal proceedings against him. In August 2003, Clark was suspended as ATSIC chairperson by the Indigenous Affairs Minister, Amanda Vanstone. The suspension was later overruled in court on the basis of illegality. It was alleged that he attempted to sell off gov...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=394385We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Warrnambool: Geoff Clark, Matt Maguire, Dave Hughes, Brian Fitzpatrick, J. F. Archibald, Jordan Lewis, Brenton Primmer. To get started finding People from Warrnambool: Geoff Clark, Matt Maguire, Dave Hughes, Brian Fitzpatrick, J. F. Archibald, Jordan Lewis, Brenton Primmer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.