List of Indigenous Australian politicians
Federal Parliament
Eight Indigenous Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Australia (the Federal Parliament), six in the Senate and two in the House of Representatives.

List of Indigenous Australian politicians

Section Title: Federal Parliament
Table Section Text: Eight Indigenous Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Australia (the Federal Parliament), six in the Senate and two in the House of Representatives.

№	Name	Party	Chamber	Constituency	Origin	Term start	Term end	Ref

1	Neville Bonner	Liberal	Senate	Queensland	Jagera	15 August 1971	4 February 1983

2	Aden Ridgeway	Democrats	Senate	New South Wales	Gumbaynggirr	1 July 1999	30 June 2005

3	Ken Wyatt	Liberal	House	Hasluck (WA)	Noongar Wangai Yamatji	21 August 2010	incumbent

4	Nova Peris	Labor	Senate	Northern Territory	Gija (WA) Iwaidja Yawuru (WA)	7 September 2013	9 May 2016

5	Joanna Lindgren	LNP	Senate	Queensland	Jagera Mununjali	21 May 2015	2 July 2016

6	Pat Dodson	Labor	Senate	Western Australia	Yawuru	28 April 2016	incumbent

7	Linda Burney	Labor	House	Barton (NSW)	Wiradjuri	2 July 2016	incumbent

8	Malarndirri McCarthy	Labor	Senate	Northern Territory	Yanyuwa	2 July 2016	incumbent

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Neville Bonner entered the Australian Senate on 15 August 1971.

final_sentence: Neville Bonner entered the Australian Senate on 15 August 1971.