Sam Watson (political activist)

Samuel William "Sam" Watson (16 November 1952 – 27 November 2019) was an Aboriginal Australian activist and a socialist politician. He was known for his works with the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. 

In December 2009, Watson was appointed a deputy director at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland and taught two courses in Black Australian Literature.Unit Staff , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland 

He was also a writer and a filmmaker. He received honours for his 1990 novel The Kadaitcha Sung.

Watson died of a short illness at a Brisbane hospital on 27 November 2019 at the age of 67.Queensland's Indigenous leader and trailblazer Sam Watson passes away

References

Other websites
"Indigenous activist's long struggle for justice" by Tim Stewart, Green Left Weekly issue 599, 17 November 1993
"Sam Watson: a life-long fighter against racism" by Karen Fletcher, Green Left Weekly issue 465, 19 September 2001
"Sign up for Sam Watson", Green Left Weekly issue 681, 17 November 1993

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