What is David Tonkin?
{{Infobox President |honorific-prefix = <small>[[The Honourable]]</small> <br> [[Doctor (title)|Dr]] |name= David Tonkin |image= |honorific-suffix = <br> <small>[[Order of Australia|AO]]</small> |order= 38th [[Premier of South Australia]]<br />Elections: [[South Australian state election, 1977|1977]], [[South Australian state election, 1979|1979]], [[South Australian state election, 1982|1982]] |deputy= [[Roger Goldsworthy]] |term_start= 18 September 1979 |term_end= 10 November 1982 |predecessor=[[Des Corcoran]] |successor= [[John Bannon]] |constituency_MP2 = [[Electoral district of Bragg|Bragg]] |parliament2 = South Australian |predecessor2 = New seat |successor2 = [[Graham Ingerson]] |birth_date = 20 July 1929 |birth_place = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] |death_date = 2 October 2000 |death_place = [[Mengler Hill]], [[South Australia]] |party=[[Liberal Party of Australia]] |nationality = [[Australian]] {{flagicon|Australia}} }} Dr '''David Oliver Tonkin''' [[Order of Australia|AO]] (20 July 1929 – 2 October 2000) was the 38th [[Premier of South Australia]], from 18 September 1979 to 10 November 1982. He was elected to the South Australian parliament in the 1970 election. He became the state's leader of the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] in 1975. His party won the state elections in 1979, after [[Don Dunstan]] of the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] had resigned as premier. Tonkin's government focused on the [[economy]] while also continuing the socially progressive ideas of the previous government. He developed [[copper]] and [[uranium]] mining in the state, and made laws against [[discrimination]]. He also passed a [[Aboriginal land rights in Australia|land rights]] act through parliament that gave the [[Pitjantjatjara]] and [[Yankunytjatjara]] people [[Aboriginal title|ownership]] over [[Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara|most of their homeland]] in South Australia. Tonkin's party ran for a second term in 1982, but was defeated by the Labor Party, which was led b