What is Hyacinth Tungutalum?
[[File:Hyacinth Tungutalum.jpg|thumb|200px|Tungutalum in 1974]] '''Hyacinth Gabriel Tungutalum''' (14 August 1946 – 7 April 2009) was an [[Australia]]n politician. He was the first [[Indigenous Australian]] to be elected to a state or territory parliament. He was a member of the [[Country Liberal Party]]. From 1974 to 1977, he served as a member of the [[Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]] for [[Electoral division of Tiwi|Tiwi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parliament.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/389403/MEMBERS-OF-THE-1st-13TH-ASSEMBLY.pdf|title=Members of the Legislative Assembly 1974–2016|publisher=[[Parliament of the Northern Territory]]|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226152353/https://parliament.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/389403/MEMBERS-OF-THE-1st-13TH-ASSEMBLY.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tungutalum was from the [[Tiwi Islands]]. He was married to Natalie and had two sons. On 7 April 2009, Tungutalum died of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 62.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-04-07/first-aboriginal-politician-in-nt-dies/1644244|title=First Aboriginal politician in NT dies|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tungutalum, Hyacinth}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Indigenous Australian people]] [[Category:Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]] {{Bio-stub}}