Talk:Douglas Nicholls

Member of the Ministry
In 1968 he became a member of the new Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs in Victoria.
 * What does this mean? Was there a Department of Aboriginal Affairs and was he one of its employees?   He certainly wasn't an elected politician, so he wasn't a member of a political ministry.  Was he on the personal staff of the Minister?  Does it refer to some sort of Aboriginal religious ministry?   Any ideas?  -- JackofOz 07:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Seems nobody has any ideas after 4 years, so I've removed the sentence until it can be clarified. --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  10:42, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
A portion about the naming of a sister has been vandalised? Appears to be in alpha-numeric code. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.109.9.62 (talk) 21:59, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

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First "Australian Australian" knighted
WP does not do original research. It does not assume. It does not impose. Under those three tenets and without a source that says so it is speculation especially when there are instances of those who pass unless the fancy of being a flavor of the week is in vogue.Is it possible? It is very possible but the source does not say that.2605:E000:9149:A600:7D56:CC3:EA51:5FBF (talk) 01:16, 5 August 2018 (UTC)


 * It's very possible, because I changed that source just last night to clarify precisely which level of knighthood he was granted. A look at the old source might help. If not, I know there are others. (I'm busy now.) Just deleting the content is a bit silly. HiLo48 (talk) 01:21, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
 * The supplied source says the first in several things but not as an aborig. knight. But you know better. I am just the guy that is disruptive.2605:E000:9149:A600:7D56:CC3:EA51:5FBF (talk) 03:02, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You can stop stressing. I have found an appropriate source. HiLo48 (talk) 07:40, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, at least it seems to be true unless of course there are others out there that passed as Europeans in order to avoid the conditions that aboriginals were subjected. the only reason this became speculation was that when i did a redundancy search on "knight knight" his was amongst several hits that i cleared for redundancy in expression. If someone is appointed knight companion or knight commander etc then they are going to have been knighted.2605:E000:9149:A600:7D56:CC3:EA51:5FBF (talk) 08:34, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I will confess to not understanding much of that post, but I agree it's possible that someone not identified as Aboriginal at the time of the award has been knighted. I can't think of a way of handling that. Any ideas? HiLo48 (talk) 08:38, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

1967 Referendum
Pastor Doug was a very significant person in the story of the 1967 referendum, and it's been a big gap in this article, so I've tried to make a start here. There's lots more work to be done. It would be great to have others bring in their knowledge too. Erasmus Sydney 13:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)