It was a humbling experience to attend a function in Canberra’s old Parliament House recently to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the election of Neville Bonner to the federal Parliament.
Neville Bonner was the first Indigenous Australian to achieve this milestone and what an exceptional individual he was.
Exceptional, not just because he was a trailblazer for his community, but importantly, he eschewed the victimhood mantra that others more recently propagate.
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