Neville Perkins
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Neville George Perkins OAM, (born 4 January 1952), is a former Australian politician and public servant.
Early life
Perkins is the grandson[1] of Hetty Perkins, an Eastern Arrernte elder, and a nephew of Charlie Perkins. He is a descendant of both the Eastern and Central Arrernte peoples, and was born in Mbantua, Alice Springs. He attended Newington College (1963–1969), commencing in the preparatory school, Wyvern House.[2] He is a graduate of the University of Sydney.
Career
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Perkins resigned in 1981, not long into his second term. He later served as Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Aboriginal Affairs from 1987 to 1988.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1973 he founded and was the first general secretary of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC). Around the same time, he and a group of others set up the Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (CAALAS; later amalgamated with other services to form the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency).[3]
He was also the first Aboriginal general manager of Aboriginal Hostels Limited, and the first Aboriginal general manager of Imparja Television Pty Ltd. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. Following Imparja, he was director of the University of New South Wales' Aboriginal Education Program. He has since worked at National Indigenous Television (NITV).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Honours
- Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to Aboriginal welfare, 26 January 1984.[4]
References
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- ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 155
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- ↑ It's an Honour
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- 1952 births
- Australian Labor Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
- Indigenous Australian politicians
- Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
- People educated at Newington College
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Living people
- Fellows of the Australian Institute of Management
- University of Sydney alumni