William Cooper 1861 - 1941

• 1861 - born in Astralia
•  Spokesman for  justice against government
• 1933 - left Yorta Yorta  to Melbourne
• 1933 - became pensioner
• 1934 - held  Australian Aborigines' League group
• 1934 - planned action on behalf of Aboriginal people
• 1934-1938 - made  the centre for Cummeragunja exiles
• 1934-1938 - gathered 1800- 200 signatures for Aboriginal  rights
•  1938 -  planned  a 'Day of Mourning' in response of celebration for the arrival of the British
• 1938 - Worked closely with Bill Ferguson
• 1941- died in Australia