What is Neville Bonner?
{{Infobox MP | honorific-prefix = | name = Neville Bonner | honorific-suffix = [[Order of Australia|AO]] | image = Neville Bonner 1979.jpg | caption = Bonner in 1979 | title = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] | term_start = 11 June 1971 | term_end = 4 February 1983 | predecessor = [[Annabelle Rankin|Dame Annabelle Rankin]] | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|3|28}} | birth_place = [[Ukerebagh Island]], [[New South Wales]], Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1999|2|5|1922|3|28}} | death_place = [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]], [[Queensland]], Australia | nationality = [[Australian]] | spouse = Mona Bonner (deceased), Heather Bonner | party = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] (1971&ndash;83) <br> [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (1983) | relations = | children =Five Boys | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Politician | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Neville Thomas Bonner''' [[Order of Australia|AO]] (28 March 1922{{spaced ndash}}5 February 1999) was an [[Australia]]n politician, and the first [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australian]] member of the [[Parliament of Australia]]. He was appointed by the [[Parliament of Queensland|Queensland Parliament]] to fill a vacancy in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]]. He later became the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the parliament. Bonner was an elder of the [[Jagera (tribe)|Jagera]] people. ==Biography== Bonner was born on Ukerebagh Island, in the [[Tweed River (New South Wales)|Tweed River]] in northern [[New South Wales]]. He never knew his father and had very little education. He worked on a farm, and in 1946 moved to [[Palm Island, Queensland|Palm Island]], near [[Townsville, Queensland]]. He became Assistant Settlement Overseer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/bonner/bio.html |title=Film Australia biography |access-date=2008-02-12 |archive-date=2007-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108005817/http://www.australianbiogra