Oodgeroo Noonuccal known to many as Kath Walker was a very famed Aboriginal Australian poet <br />She was a leading spokesperson for her people and a fine writer and a literary figure of note <br />Proud to be a descendant of the first Australians she was a credit to her Tribe and Race <br />Amongst the indigenous Peoples of Australia she is one of those who commands a high place. <br /> <br />Kath Walker she was known by for many years but as Oodgeroo Noonuccal she died <br />A proud descendant of the First Australians and on her heritage she took a great pride <br />Her book of poems 'My People' is a beauty and she is famed beyond Australia's shore <br />A credit to her Nation and her people her legend may live on forever more <br /> <br />For years she worked for respect for her people and she was one who strove hard to unite <br />The Indigenous people and other Australians she tried to bring together black and white <br />Her poems show her to be a non racist person it was by good example she did lead <br />For Race Relations she did more than her share and more like her we certainly do need. <br /> <br />Descended from the People of the Dreamtime many of her great poems surely will live on <br />She never will be one of the forgotten though the breath of life from her forever gone <br />Oodgeroo Noonuccal known to many as Kath Walker assuredly was a poetic great <br />And amongst the finest poets of Australia she is one that the Literary critics rate.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oodgeroo-noonuccal/
