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Henry Willis was an Australian politician, born in Port Adelaide, South Australia to English mariner John Willis and Jane, née Emmerson.
William Nicholas Willis (1858-1922), politician, newspaper proprietor, land agent and publisher, was born on 3 August 1858 at Mudgee, New South Wales.
Willie believes that formal, Western education is also essential for Aboriginal people today.

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Willie Mason

Australian rugby league footballer

This article is about the rugby league player. For the singer-songwriter, see Willy Mason.

William Marshall Mason (born 15 April 1980), also nicknamed "Big Willie", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia and Tonga international and New South WalesState of Origin representative forward, he played in the National Rugby League for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (with whom he won the 2004 Grand Final and Clive Churchill Medal), the Sydney Roosters, the North Queensland Cowboys, the Newcastle Knights and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Mason also played in the Super League for English club Hull Kingston Rovers and French club, the Catalans Dragons. He also played rugby union in the Top 14 for French club RC Toulonnais.^[4] During his career Mason was involved in a number of controversial off-field incidents which have received media publicity due to his high profile in the NRL.

Early life

Mason was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to an Australian fath

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Willie Fennell

Australian actor

Willie Fennell OAM

Born	William John Fennell (1920-01-20)20 January 1920 Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 September 1992(1992-09-09) (aged 72) Sydney, Australia
Other names	"Phooey" Fennell
Occupations	Actor comedian producer scriptwriter soldier ^[1]
Years active	1945–1992

William John FennellOAM (20 January 1920 – 9 September 1992)^[2] was an Australian radio, television (serials and mini-series), stage and film actor, comedian, producer, radio scriptwriter and writer who appeared in many Australian television series in a lengthy career spanning over 50 years, recognised by his slightly nasal, raspy voice, moustache and pork pie hat. As a comedian, his style was stated as a sad humour worth more than a belly-laugh and said to be contrasted with the blue comedy of contemporary performer Roy Rene.^[1]

He appeared in numerous films, TV movies, miniseries and series, but is probably best known for his longer running roles in The Young

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Indigenous Australia

PUBLICATION: Willie Gordon, Guurrbi: My Family and Other Stories, Guurrbi Tours, 2012, Cooktown

SEX: Male

BIRTH DATE: 1957

BIRTH PLACE: Hopevale, Queensland

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Guugu Yimithirr

SIGNIFICANT LOCALITIES:

Cooktown: the modern town of Cooktown is built on a site of Captain Cook’s landing in 1770. (p.31) In Guugu Yimithirr, the area was known as Gungardie, because of the abundance of gun-gaar, or white crystal quartz. (p.31) Gungardie was a neutral area where clans could come and collect stones for ceremonial use. (p.31)
Willie’s ancestral land extends from the south of Cooktown to Princess Charlotte Bay. (p.4) After the influx of settlers and miners in the late 1800s, his grandparents Charlie and Minnie worked for a range of employers in Cooktown. (p.4)
Spring Hill: An outstation of the Cape Bedford Mission, which was located close to the current site of the Cooktown airport. (p.4) Tulo Gordon lived in a bark hut at the Spring Hill outstation until he was nine years old. (p.4) The administration of the o