Joe McGinness

For the American writer, see Joe McGinniss.

Joseph Daniel McGinness
Born(1914-07-02)2 July 1914
Lucy Claim, near Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia
Died11 July 2003(2003-07-11) (aged 89)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
OccupationAboriginal rights activist
Known forFirst Aboriginal president of FCAATSI
ParentAlngindabu (mother)

Joseph Daniel McGinness AM (1914–2003), known as "Uncle Joe", was an Aboriginal Australian activist and the first Aboriginal president of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI).

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