A play has since been written by Sam Watson entitled Oodgeroo : Bloodline to Country commemorating Oodgeroo Noonuccal 's life , being a play based on Oodgeroo Noonuccal 's real life experience as an Aboriginal woman on board a flight hijacked by Palestinian terrorists on her way home from a committee meeting in Nigeria for the World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture Oodgeroo won several literary awards , including the Mary Gilmore Medal ( 1970 ) , the Jessie Litchfield Award ( 1975 ) , and the Fellowship of Australian Writers ' Award .
Oodgeroo won several literary awards , including the Mary Gilmore Medal ( 1970 ) , the Jessie Litchfield Award ( 1975 ) , and the Fellowship of Australian Writers ' Award .