William Cooper

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  • Date of Birth

    William Coopers Date of Birth

  • Marrige

    Cooper settled at Maloga in 1884, where he married an orphaned Yorta Yorta woman Annie Clarendon Murri

  • Annie Clarendon Murri Death (William Coopers 1st Wife)

    Annie Clarendon Murri Death

  • He led the first Aboriginal deputation to a Commonwealth minister

    He led the first Aboriginal deputation to a Commonwealth minister on 23 February 1935

  • Led the first deputation to a prime minister

    Led the first deputation to a prime minister to ask for Federal control of Aboriginal affairs on 31 January 1938

  • Retired to Barmah

    In November 1940 he retired to Barmah

  • Establishment of a 'National Aborigines Day'

    His main achievement was the ', first celebrated in 1940.

  • Death of William Cooper

    He died, aged 80, on 29 March 1941 at Mooroopna, Victoria