Hyacinth Tungutalum
Australian politician
Hyacinth Gabriel Tungutalum (14 August 1946 – 7 April 2009) was an Australian politician. He was the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to a state or territory parliament. He was a member of the Country Liberal Party. From 1974 to 1977, he served as a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Tiwi.[1]
Tungutalum was from the Tiwi Islands. He was married to Natalie and had two sons. On 7 April 2009, Tungutalum died of a heart attack at the age of 62.[2]
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- ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly 1974–2016" (PDF). Parliament of the Northern Territory. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ↑ "First Aboriginal politician in NT dies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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