Mick Dodson

Professor Michael James "Mick" Dodson, AM (born 10 April 1950, in Katherine, Northern Territory) is an indigenous Australian leader, a member of the Yawuru peoples in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia.^[1] His brother is Patrick Dodson, also a noted Aboriginal leader.

Following his parents' death, he boarded at Monivae College, Hamilton, Victoria. He graduated in law from Monash University in 1974. He was the first Indigenous person to graduate from law in Australia.

He has been a prominent advocate of land rights and other issues affecting Indigenous peoples in Australia and globally and has extensive involvement in the United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues.

On 25 January 2009, he was named Australian of the Year.^[2][3] He now lives and works in Canberra.

Honours

• Australian of the Year 2009
• Honorary Member of the Monash University Golden Key Society, 2009
• Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Technology Sydney, 1998.
• Member of the Order of Australia (AM), awarded on Australia Day 2003.
• Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of NSW.

References

1. ^ Biography at the National Museum of Australia
2. ^ Mick Dodson named Australian of the Year
3. ^ Lewis, Wendy (2010). Australians of the Year. Pier 9 Press. ISBN 9781741968095. 

Awards
Preceded by Lee Kernaghan	Australian of the Year Award 2009	Succeeded by Patrick McGorry

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