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Big Bill Neidjie, Australian activist and last speaker of the Gaagudju language (born c. 1920)
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Big Bill Neidjie, nicknamed "Kakadu Man", was the last surviving speaker of the Gaagudju language, an Aboriginal Australian language from northern Kakadu, after which Kakadu National Park is named. He was an elder of the Gaagudju people and a custodian of the land, who cared…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Extinct indigenous language of Australia
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