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Robbie Williams (died December 20 2007) was the first Indigenous Australian councillor to sit on the Brisbane City Council ^[1]. He had held the role only since October 2007, but had been tipped to win a seat in the council elections in March 2008. Previously Williams had served three terms as a regional councillor with ATSIC and was later the ATSIc commissioner for Brisbane and southeast Queensland. He was widely known for his community work, ^[2] and was the founder and chair of First Contact Aboriginal Corporation for Youth, an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of indigenous youth, in 1992.^[3]

Williams was the son of Hazel, an Aboriginal with connections to the Yugambeh language group, and his father was Bob Williams, a butcher. He trained and worked as a butcher for several years before gaining a diploma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander welfare and joining the Australian Public Service, working in the Department of Social Security.^[4]

He was married to Trish and had three children. He died of a heart attack at the age of 45 on December 20 2007.

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[1] ttp://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22954727-3102,00.html

[2] ttp://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/hundreds-honour-aboriginal-worrior/2007/12/28/1198778690164.html

[3] ttp://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2007/09/27/1190486459183.html

[4] ttp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22983090-5006786,00.html

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	Robbie Williams (died [[December 20]] [[2007]]) was the first [[Indigenous_Australians\|Indigenous Australian]] councillor to sit on the [[Brisbane City Council ]]<ref>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22954727-3102,00.html</ref>. He had held the role only since October 2007, but had been tipped to win a seat in the council elections in March 2008. Previously Williams had served three terms as a regional councillor with [[ATSIC]] and was later the ATSIc commissioner for Brisbane and southeast Queensland. He was widely known for his community work, <ref>http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/hundreds-honour-aboriginal-worrior/2007/12/28/1198778690164.html</ref> and was the founder and chair of First Contact Aboriginal Corporation for Youth, an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of indigenous youth, in 1992.<ref>http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2007/09/27/1190486459183.html</ref>		'''Robbie Williams''' (died [[December 20]] [[2007]]) was the first [[Indigenous_Australians\|Indigenous Australian]] councillor to sit on the [[Brisbane City Council ]]<ref>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22954727-3102,00.html</ref>. He had held the role only since October 2007, but had been tipped to win a seat in the council elections in March 2008. Previously Williams had served three terms as a regional councillor with [[ATSIC]] and was later the ATSIc commissioner for Brisbane and southeast Queensland. He was widely known for his community work, <ref>http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/hundreds-honour-aboriginal-worrior/2007/12/28/1198778690164.html</ref> and was the founder and chair of First Contact Aboriginal Corporation for Youth, an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of indigenous youth, in 1992.<ref>http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2007/09/27/1190486459183.html</ref>

	Williams was the son of Hazel, an Aboriginal with connections to the [[Yugambeh language]] group, and his father was Bob Williams, a butcher. He trained and worked as a butcher for several years before gaining a diploma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander welfare and joining the [[Australian Public Service]], working in the Department of Social Security.<ref>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22983090-5006786,00.html</ref>		Williams was the son of Hazel, an Aboriginal with connections to the [[Yugambeh language]] group, and his father was Bob Williams, a butcher. He trained and worked as a butcher for several years before gaining a diploma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander welfare and joining the [[Australian Public Service]], working in the Department of Social Security.<ref>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22983090-5006786,00.html</ref>