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STATE FUNERAL FOR ABORJGINAL SENATOR
Australia is holding a state funjral
for former sjnator Neville Bonnjr, who
was thj country's first aboriginal to
be elect d to fedjral parliam nt.
Mr Bonnjr, who was 76, died after a
battli with cancer.
Prem ir John Howard said hj was a
trailblazer and a source of inspiration
to aboriginals throughout Australia.
Mr Bonnjr spjnt years working in thj
bush, and did not join the Consjrvative
Libjral Party until he was nearly 40.
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