Neville Bonner was the country's first Indigenous parliamentarian.
A new bridge has opened in Brisbane, named after the country's first Indigenous parliamentarian, Jagera man Neville Bonner. The Neville Bonner Bridge connects the new Queen's Wharf precinct in the Brisbane CBD with South Bank, stretching across the Brisbane River. It is estimated that 10,000 people will use the bridge each day. Mr Bonner's granddaughter Melisa Anderson told the ABC that she was proud of him and the work he did for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
Infuriated, O’Leary declared that Bonner could no longer live on Palm Island, forcing him to move to Mount Crosby where he initially worked as a manager for a dairy farm, and later as a labourer for Brisbane City Council. In 1966, Bonner founded his company, Bonnerang - manufacturing boomerangs. This would only last for about a year, due largely to the costs involved in sourcing wood fit for the purpose.
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