Simon Wonga

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Simon Wonga was a prominent 19th-century Wurundjeri leader and Aboriginal activist known for his efforts to secure land rights and better conditions for his people in colonial Victoria, Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian leader ⓘ
Indigenous rights activist ⓘ
Wurundjeri elder ⓘ
person ⓘ
activity leading Wurundjeri people in negotiations with settlers ⓘ
petitioning the colonial government for land ⓘ
advocatedFor protection of Aboriginal communities from dispossession ⓘ
recognition of Wurundjeri land ownership ⓘ
secure land for farming by his people ⓘ
associatedWith Coranderrk Aboriginal Station ⓘ
Kulin nation ⓘ
linked to: Kulin Nation

Wurundjeri people ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
commemoratedBy Wurundjeri community ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
commemoratedIn local histories of Melbourne and Wurundjeri Country ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
culture Wurundjeri ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri Country
dateOfBirth c. 1824 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 15 December 1874 ⓘ
ethnicity Kulin nation ⓘ
linked to: Kulin Nation

Wurundjeri ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri Country
father Billibellary ⓘ
hasRole community spokesperson to colonial authorities ⓘ
knownFor advocating for better living conditions for Aboriginal people in colonial Victoria ⓘ
languageSpoken Woiwurrung ⓘ
linked to: Woiwurrung language
legacy remembered as a key Wurundjeri leader ⓘ
symbol of early Aboriginal land rights struggle in Victoria ⓘ
movement Aboriginal land rights movement in Victoria ⓘ
nativeTo Woiwurrung language area ⓘ
linked to: Woiwurrung language
notableFor campaigning for land rights for his people ⓘ
establishing an Aboriginal reserve at Coranderrk ⓘ
leadership of the Wurundjeri people in the 19th century ⓘ
negotiations with colonial authorities in Victoria ⓘ
occupation Aboriginal leader ⓘ
activist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wurundjeri Country ⓘ
near Melbourne ⓘ
placeOfDeath Coranderrk, Victoria ⓘ
predecessor Billibellary ⓘ
region Port Phillip District ⓘ
linked to: Port Phillip region

Victoria, Australia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Wurundjeri Country ⓘ
near Melbourne, Victoria ⓘ
role ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri ⓘ
successor William Barak ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
workedOn establishment of Coranderrk Aboriginal Station ⓘ

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Wurundjeri people → hasNotableLeader → Simon Wonga ⓘ