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Robbie Thorpe
Robert "Robbie" Thorpe is an Aboriginal Australian activist and presenter of ''Fire First'', a program on community radio station 3CR in Melbourne. Early life and family Thorpe is from the Krautungalung people of the Gunnai Nation and is uncle of Senator Lidia Thorpe. Activism Thorpe has campaigned for Indigenous solutions in Australia since the 1970s. He is an advocate for Pay The Rent, an Indigenous initiative set up to provide an independent economic resource for Aboriginal peoples, and the Aboriginal Passport initiative. Inspired by Bruce McGuinness' newspaper ''The Koorier'' (1968–1971), Thorpe founded and ran the publication ''The Koorier 2'' during the 1970s and 1980s, and later ''The Koorier 3'', published by the Koori Information Centre. In 1982, Thorpe challenged the Commonwealth of Australia in a case entitled ''Thorpe V Commonwealth'' for not protecting people from crimes connected to genocide. Since 2020, Robbie has been working on a court case to charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Thorpe
Robert "Robbie" Thorpe is an Aboriginal Australian activist and presenter of ''Fire First'', a program on community radio station 3CR in Melbourne. Early life and family Thorpe is from the Krautungalung people of the Gunnai Nation and is uncle of Senator Lidia Thorpe. Activism Thorpe has campaigned for Indigenous solutions in Australia since the 1970s. He is an advocate for Pay The Rent, an Indigenous initiative set up to provide an independent economic resource for Aboriginal peoples, and the Aboriginal Passport initiative. Inspired by Bruce McGuinness' newspaper ''The Koorier'' (1968–1971), Thorpe founded and ran the publication ''The Koorier 2'' during the 1970s and 1980s, and later ''The Koorier 3'', published by the Koori Information Centre. In 1982, Thorpe challenged the Commonwealth of Australia in a case entitled ''Thorpe V Commonwealth'' for not protecting people from crimes connected to genocide. Since 2020, Robbie has been working on a court case to charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
