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david unaipon

david unaipon. Early LIFE. BIRTH. Piont McLeay,South Australia. 28 SEPTEMBER 1872. .

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david unaipon

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  1. davidunaipon

  2. Early LIFE • BIRTH. • PiontMcLeay,South Australia. 28 SEPTEMBER 1872. . Congregational mission's first Aboriginal convert. David attended the mission school from the age of 7. In 1885 he left to become a servant to C. B. Young who encouraged his interest in philosophy, science and music. Back at Point McLeay from 1890, Unaipon read widely, played the organ and learned bootmaking at the mission. A non-smoker and teetotaller, he grew frustrated at the lack of work for educated Aborigines at mission settlements and in the late 1890s took a job as storeman for an Adelaide bootmaker before returning to assist as book-keeper in the Point McLeay store. On 4 January 1902 at Point McLeay he married a Tangani woman from the Coorong, Katherine

  3. IMPORTANT ACHIEVMENTS • Preacher,Authour,InventeApart from his social messages, David was absorbed by the concept of perpetual motion. He spent much effort designing machines which led to the media dubbing him the black Leonardo. In 1909 he patented an improved handpiece for sheep-shearing (pictured: Patent specification. Mechanical motion. Sheep shears. No. 15,624, 1909. D. Unaipon, SA). His other inventions included a centrifugal motor, a multi-radial wheel and mechanical propulsion device. He never succeeded in getting any financial support to develop his ideas. As early as 1914, Unaipon had anticipated the concept of a helicopter by applying the principle of the boomerang.David became the first Aboriginal writer to be published. In the 1920s he was commissioned by the University of Adelaide to collect traditional Aboriginal stories from around South Australia. Most of the stories come from his own Ngarrindjeri people, but some are from other South Australian peoples. These were compiled into the publication, Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboriginals London, 1930 which failed to attribute his authorship. His most known books are Aboriginal Legends (1927), Native Legends (1929) and Leaves of memory (1953). He also wrote his autobiography called, My Life Story in 1951. Other articles, poetry and legends were published throughout his life. His work on legendsis reflected in the art work that accompanies his image on the 1992 $50 Australian banknote.David Unaipon married Katherine Carter nee Sumner, a Tangani woman from the Coorong in January 1902. They had one son. He died 7 February 1967 at the Tailem Bend Hospital and was buried in the Point McLeay Cemeteryrandand a musision.

  4. Interesting facts David is on the 50 dollar note. David died on feb 07 1967. Spouse: Katherine Carter (1902) Parents: James Unaipon · NymbuldaNgunaitponi Education: Point McLeay Mission School

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