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METROFYI 2 THE AGE WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 1997 The Hotseat A question for Rita Rudner Obituary great warrior for Aborigines Bumum Burnum (Harry Penrith) Aboriginal rights campaigner Born: Wallaga Lake, NSW south coast, January 1936 Died: Sydney, 17 August 1997, aged 61 BURNUM BURNUM. who has died of a heart attack, aged 61, was Australia's internationally-regarded Aboriginal rights campaigner. Burnum Burnum a member of the stolen generation rose to prominence through his involvement in the Aboriginal tent embassy outside Federal Parliament during the 1970s and '80s, and his planting of an Aboriginal flag atop England's white cliffs of Dover during Australian bicentennial celebrations in 1988. He later issued the British Government with a or "fresh to Aboriginal-Anglo relations. Born into the Woiworung and Yorta Yorta clan at Wallaga Lake on the New South Wales south coast in 1936, Burnum Burnum came into the world on a piece of bark under a sacred tree.

His mother died soon after his birth and he was separated from his sister who was taken to a girls' home at Cootamun-dra while he was made a ward of the state at Bomaderry and later Kempsey. Believed to have been the first Aborigine to matriculate from high school in NSW, Burnum Burnum left the state in the late 1960s to attend the University of Chronicles Birthdays 1818-1848: Emily Bronte, English writer 1923: Shimon Peres, Israeli statesman Anniversaries 1882: Tchaikovsky's The 1812 Overture first performed in Moscow. 1975: US spaceship bound for Mars launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1994: About 350 people drown when ferry capsizes in Bangladesh. Vice-regal notes Federal: Yesterday, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, as patron, hosted a reception in honor of the Australian Automobile Association.

State: The Lieutenant-Governor, Professor Adrienne Clarke, presided at a meeting of the Executive Council at the Old Treasury Building. Curiosities THE 'CLERIHEW a short, witty verse form usually of two rhyming couplets and lines of unequal length was devised by the English journalist and critic Edmund Clerihew Bentley (18751956), who used his middle name as a pseudonym for the first published collection. Some clerihews: "The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, But biography is about chaps." "What I like about Clive Is that he is no longer alive. There is a great deal to be said For being dead." "John Stuart Mill, By a mighty effort of will, Overcame his natural bonhomie And wrote Principles of Political Economy." There will be more clerihews tomorrow and a challenge to witty readers.

Gary Dean Muslim prayer times Prayer times for today, the 17th Rabiul Thani 1418 Hijri: am, pm, pm, pm, 1:7.15 pm. Text for today Casting the whole of your care (all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once for all) on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. 1 Peter 5:7 (The Amplified Bible) (Provided by the Bible Society). LA 4 Why do die? AN IMPORTANT question that belongs in the Jf company of other important questions, such as: AJ Why do we have two nostrils? Surely one is 1A enough. You would be able to inhale more air and it would be easier clean.

Why does everyone want to go to Mars when it is clear there are no shops there? Children are so small and messy. Why do so many people want one? Why do old people wear so many things that don't match? Why don't men get cellulite? They go bald, so that's some consolation, but I would still like them to experience that ripple effect. The American comedian Rita Rudner will perform six evening shows at the Crown Showroom until Sunday. Tickets from Crown Showroom or telephone Ticketek on 132 849. white and will be remembered with affection throughout Australia particularly by the many schoolchildren whom he held enthralled over the years with his telling of stories of the Dreamtime.

During his life, he made an outstanding contribution to raising the awareness of non-indigenous Australians about the situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples." Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner Mick Dod-son said Burnum Burnum "brought a great intellect, an expansive imagination and an eve for the big picture In all that he And Aboriginal and Torres Slrail Islander Commission commissioner John Delaney said Australia could ill-afford lo lose a man marked by his "stately presence and passion for his Burnum Burnum died at his Sydney home on Sunday, leaving behind a wife and five children. Rob Taylor, AAP campaigner against what he called "the Aboriginal Affairs A representative rugby union player he played for NSW but quit when an Australian team loured South Africa in 1961 a renowned teetotaller and non-smoker, Burnum Burnum twice stood unsuccessfully for the Australian Senate. In his later years, he captivated schoolchildren with his Dreamtime stories and his art. He is believed to have harbored ambitions to be Australia's first Aboriginal governor-general. Aboriginal and human rights leaders and politicians this week remembered the life and work of the man who grew up as Harry Penrith and later took the ancestral name meaning "great Prime Minister John Howard said Burnum Burnum was "a very gracious man and very strongly committed to the welfare of Aboriginal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Senator lohn Herron said Burnum Burnum had lived his life "to the full with Hair and "Burnum Burnum worked tirelessly for reconciliation between black and lasmania where he studied law tor three years but left in fear thaf he was becoming an Englishman.

During his university years, Burnum Burnum led the fight to remove the remains of Truganini, the so-called last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal, from display in the Tasmanian Museum, for reburial. Despite an early desire to be a teacher, Burnum Burnum became one of the first Aborigines to join the Public Service, where he spent 13 years with the NSW Department of Agriculture. In 1981, he was appointed liaison officer to the NSW Parliament select committee on land rights but was sacked a few months later for using official time and a government vehicle to attend controversial anti-logging protests at Terania Creek in north-east NSW. As a result, he became an outspoken Word a day To lallate is to utter Baby talk? Sweet nothings? Bombast? White lies? Answer below. Lotteries Obituaries are edited by Peter Schumpeter.

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Tonight's jackpot increases to about $1,274,000. Tatts 2: Tuesday night's winning numbers: 84 and 61. Both correct $1260. Either wins $3. Oz Lotto: Winning numbers In last night's draw number 183 were 35, 41, 29, 1, 39 and 33, with supplementary numbers 17 and 6.

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Source: Chambers Concise Dictionary. Today's target: 19 words, good; 23 words, very good; 29 words, excellent. Solution in tomorrow's Metro. Yestonlay solution: import Into Intro mint monitor moot motion motor omit onto option pint piton point -port portion potion print PROMOTION pronto proton riot root tiro tompion toon topi tori torn trim trio trip tromp troop. Bristow by Frank Dickens EITHER I HOLD My StMPO U.

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16,430 Across: 1 Incredulity; 9 Orb; 10 Obstinate; 11 Light; 13 Elusion; 14 Sobbed; 16 Design; 18 Notable; 19 Canal; 20 Skedaddle; 21 Cos; 22 Intermingle. Down: 2 Nib; 3 Roost; 4 Dispel; 5 Leisure; 6 Tradition; 7 Foolishness; 8 Meaningless; 12 Go-between; 15 Embrace; 17 Seldom; 19 Clean; 21 Col. i.