NAIDOC Week 2012
Read MoreProfessor Mick Dodson, Chairperson of AIATSIS.
Photo: Mark GrahamNAIDOCWeekflagceremonyDFATReceptionLaunchAIATSISBlack GoldexhibitionR G Casey buildingCanberra2nd4th July 2012. Photo Mark Graham
Mr Danny Morseu, Mr Dennis Richardson and Elder Matilda House.
Danny Morseu, a Torres Strait Islander played for the Australian team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where Australia finished eighth, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where Australia finished seventh, their best Olympic result to that date. He was the first Torres Strait Islander to represent Australia at the Olympic Games. He also played twelve world cup matches for Australia. Inducted into the NBL Hall of Fame in 2002, Morseu was the first indigenous basketballer so honoured.
Photo: Mark Graham