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Brisbane Indigenous Media Association sadly announces Passing of Tiga Bayles

98.9FM radio station | 17 April 2016  http://www.989fm.com.au/news/media-statement-from-brisbane-indigenous-media-association-regarding-the-passing-of-tiga-bayles/

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tiga Bayles, a Birri Gubba Gungalu man and a Dawson River Murri, who died early this morning after a long battle with cancer.

Tiga Bayles – one of the founders and driving forces of the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association’s 98.9FM radio station – was aged 62. …
He was a leading figure in the Aboriginal rights movement, and played a key role in the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games protests, and protests at the Bicentennial celebrations in Sydney in 1988.

Tiga was an early chairman of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, and named Queensland Father of the Year in 2005. He raised nine girls, and was Australia’s most prominent – and awarded – First Nations broadcaster.

Among his many honors, Tiga was the inaugural winner of the national Deadly Award for Indigenous Broadcaster of the Year, and his work around decolonisation and invasion was recognised by Amnesty International’s inaugural media awards in 2014. …

Tiga passed away peacefully at his Brisbane home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends.
Details for the funeral of Tiga Bayles, which will be held in Brisbane, will be announced soon.”

April 17, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News