| 词条 | George Abdullah |
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|name = George Abdullah |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|8|9}} |birth_place = Guildford, Western Australia |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1984|8|6|1919|8|9}} |death_place = Nedlands, Western Australia |occupation = Community worker, Indigenous rights activist, soldier }}George Cyril Abdullah (9 August 1919 – 6 August 1984) was an Aboriginal community leader who promoted Indigenous rights by participating in a number of Perth organisations and committees.[1] Personal lifeAbdullah was born in Guildford, Western Australia and was the youngest of the five children of Joseph Benedict Abdul, a labourer from Kolkata, and Mary Salina, an Indigenous woman.[1] Political activitiesAbdullah started working with South Australian Railways in 1946. While working with the Railways as a laborer, truck driver, and linesman, he started promoting aboriginal rights.[1] He went on to become a freelance welfare worker for aboriginal people traveling across the country speaking about the plight of Indigenous Australians.[2][3] He was involved in the formation of a number of indigenous rights groups, including the Coolbaroo League, the Original Australians Welfare and Progress Association, and the Western Australia Native Welfare Council (later the Aboriginal Advancement Council of Western Australia). In the 1970s he was involved in the foundation of the Aboriginal Rights Council (later the Aboriginal Rights League), the National Tribal Council, the Aboriginal Publications Foundation and the Aboriginal Development and Cultural Council. He ran unsuccessfully for the Senate as an independent in 1975. Abdullah died on 6 August 1984 at Nedlands (Perth) of a heart disease.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 {{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Abdullah |first= Yasmin Jill |year= 2007 |volume= 17 |id2=abdullah-george-cyril-12117 |title= Abdullah, George Cyril (1919–1984) |accessdate= 26 February 2015 }} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullah, George}}2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48269047 |title="Natives Have Been Let Down". |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=11 July 1953 |accessdate=27 February 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110718556 |title=Doubts on cottage as child centre. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=9 July 1974 |accessdate=27 February 2015 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4 : Guildford, Western Australia|Indigenous Australians from Western Australia|1919 births|1984 deaths |
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