Oodgeroo

Oodgeroo – poet, human rights activist, conservationist, educator, artist — proudly saluted her people’s heritage, whose “long making” was “so much of the past”, and gladly beckoned a brighter future.

A great and passionate voice of Aboriginal Australia, she left the world a legacy of hope.

“Now brood no more
On the years behind you,
The hope assigned you
Shall the past replace,
When a juster justice
Grown wise and stronger
Points the bone no longer
At a darker race.”