Anthony Fernando
Anthony Martin Fernando | |
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| File:Human bones.svg Pinned to Anthony Fernando's coat, in front of Australia House (1928) were scores of small, white, toy skeletons and he wore a placard proclaiming: "This is all Australia has left of my people."[1] | |
| Born | 1864 |
| Died | 1949 (Aged 85) |
| Other names | Anthony Martin |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupations | Toy Maker, Political Activist |
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| Website | http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10160b.htm |
Anthony Martin Fernando (6 April 1864 – 9 January 1949) was an early Aboriginal Australian toymaker and early political activist.[1] He is mostly known for his three-year protest outside London's Australia House which ended with his arrest in 1928. During the protest, he wore a cloak decorated with white toy skeletons.[2][3]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Fernando was born in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales as a member of the Dharug nation.[1] He spent most of his life in "self-imposed" exile, overseas, protesting and publicising the injustices inflicted upon himself, his people, and Aboriginal Australians generally:[4]
...'his long grey beard damp with mist, his frail elderly frame wrapped in a large overcoat'. Pinned to his coat were scores of small, white, toy skeletons and he wore a placard proclaiming: 'This is all Australia has left of my people'[1]
He died in the East London town of Ilford on 9 January 1949.[1]
On-line newspaper articles
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- Steve Meacham, "Aboriginal activist campaigned in Europe 100 years ago", Sydney Morning Herald, May 27, 2012.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Browning, Daniel (15 July 2007) "Fernando's Ghost", Hindsight, ABC Radio NationalAccessed 30 May 2010.
- "Fernando's Ghost" - Transcript, SOVEREIGN UNION - National Unity Government, "Sovereign Union" - Asserting Aboriginal Sovereignty into Governance.
- Goodall, Heather (1988) "Aboriginal Calls for Justice: Learning from History" Aboriginal Law Bulletin No. 37 Accessed 30 May 2010.
- National Museum of Australia "From Little Things Big Things Grow: Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920–1970" Exhibition – including artist's impression of Anthony Martin Fernando Accessed 30 May 2010.
- Paisley, Fiona "Into self-imposed exile" Griffith REVIEW Edition 6: Our Global Face Accessed 30 May 2010.
- Paisley, Fiona "Hidden Story Behind a Portrait (of Anthony Martin Fernando)" National Museum of AustraliaAccessed 30 May 2010.
- THE STORY OF AM FERNANDO, Radio National, Late Night Live, 23 May 2012.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Fiona Paisley, The Lone Protestor - A M Fernando in Australia and Europe. Aboriginal Studies Press, 2012.
References
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