What is Vincent Forrester?
{{Infobox person | name = Vincent Forrester | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_date = 1952<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = [[Alice Springs]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = [[Australians|Australian]] | other_names = | occupation = [[Activist]], [[artist]] | years_active = 1970s – present | employer = | organization = Central Australian Aboriginal Congress<br>[[Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association]]<br>National Aboriginal Conference<br>Muṯitjulu Community Council<br>Walkatjara Art Uluṟu | style = [[Aboriginal art|Western Desert painting]] | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | movement = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | awards = | footnotes = }} '''Vincent Forrester''' (born 1952) is an [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal Australian]] [[Activism|activist]], [[Aboriginal art|artist]] and community leader. Forrester was a founding member of a number of Aboriginal [[organisation]]s in central Australia. He lives at [[Muṯitjulu, Northern Territory|Muṯitjulu]], where he has served as the [[Chairperson|chairman]] of the community council. During the 1980s, he served as an [[advisor]] on indigenous affairs to the governments of [[Malcolm Fraser]] and [[Bob Hawke]]. Forrester has been a prominent political activist on issues affecting indigenous Australians for many years. He has been a strong critic of the [[Northern Territory National Emergency Response|Intervention]] in the Northern Territory, and the lack of [[Economy|economic]] and [[education]]al development in communities affected by it. ==Early lif