WRITER

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

1920 - 1993

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Oodgeroo Noonuccal ( UUD-gə-roo NOO-nə-kəl; born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska, later Kath Walker (3 November 1920 – 16 September 1993) was an Aboriginal Australian political activist, artist and educator, who campaigned for Aboriginal rights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oodgeroo Noonuccal has received more than 380,333 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Oodgeroo Noonuccal is the 5,523rd most popular writer, the 248th most popular biography from Australia and the 20th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 380k

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  • 45.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

My People
2007
Dreamtime
Aboriginal Australians, Folklore, Legends
1994
The dawn is at hand
1966
Father Sky and Mother Earth
1985
We are going
Poetry, Race relations, Aboriginal Australians
1964
My people
Poetry, Aboriginal Australians
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 5,523 out of 7,302. Before her are Ted Chiang, Goffredo Parise, Steven Moffat, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Robert Herrick, and Paul-Eerik Rummo. After her are Yulia Drunina, José Craveirinha, Michael Herr, Vladislav Krapivin, Antonia Fraser, and Norman Cousins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 353. Before her are Mykola Rudenko, Ralph Meeker, Yuri Nagibin, Kenneth McAlpine, Lewis Wilson, and Clive Dunn. After her are Jim Siedow, Mariya Smirnova, Lamberto Dalla Costa, Zeno Colò, Ella Raines, and Laraine Day. Among people deceased in 1993, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 231. Before her are Marjorie Clark, Vladimir Makogonov, Danny Blanchflower, Jean Tamini, Alexis Smith, and Masaru Furukawa. After her are Conway Twitty, Kenneth Burke, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Mia Zapata, Paul Grégoire, and Utpal Dutt.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 248 out of 1,143. Before her are Richard Bonynge (1930), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Patricia Wrightson (1921), David Malet Armstrong (1926), Adrian Quist (1913), and Judy Amoore (1940). After her are Stanley Bruce (1883), Lesley Turner Bowrey (1942), May Robson (1858), Richard Norton (1950), Mark Oliphant (1901), and Emily Browning (1988).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Oodgeroo Noonuccal ranks 20. Before her are Gregory David Roberts (1952), Peter Carey (1943), Greg Egan (1961), Trudi Canavan (1969), Joseph Jacobs (1854), and Patricia Wrightson (1921). After her are Markus Zusak (1975), Henry Lawson (1867), Robert Hughes (1938), Kate Morton (1976), David Malouf (1934), and DBC Pierre (1961).

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