Pat Dodson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Pat Dodson

Australian indigenous rights activist

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1948

Place of Birth: Broome, Western Australia, Australia

Profession: priest, politician, activist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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About Pat Dodson

  • Patrick Lionel Djargun Dodson (born 29 January 1948) is a Senator for Western Australia.
  • He is a Yawuru man from Broome, Western Australia.
  • He has been chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, a Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and a Roman Catholic priest.
  • He was the winner of the 2008 Sydney Peace Prize and the 2009 John Curtin Medallist.
  • His brother is Mick Dodson, also a national Indigenous Australian leader. On 2 March 2016, Dodson was announced as the replacement for Joe Bullock as a Labor Senator for Western Australia, following Bullock's resignation.
  • The Parliament of Western Australia appointed Dodson to the Australian Senate on 2 May 2016.

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