Gatjil Djerrkura
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Gatjil Djerrkura OAM (30 June 1949 - 26 May 2004) was an Aboriginal leader and indigenous spokesman in the Northern Territory and Australia.
He was a senior elder of the Wangurri Aboriginal clan of the Yolngu people. He was responsible for a number of traditional and ceremonial activities on behalf of his clan and the East Arnhem Land/Yirrkala Aboriginal community.
He served as Chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), appointed on 6 December 1996 to 2000.
In 1984 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to the Aboriginal community.
[edit] Positions
- Chairman of the Bachelor College Council, NT
- Director of the Board of the Indigenous Land Corporation
- Director of the Board of the land Enterprise Australia
- member of the Council for Aboriginal reconciliation
- General Manager of Yirrkala Business Enterprises in Nhulunbuy
- Chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commercial Development Corporation
- Director of the Henry Walker Group
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