Uncle Harry Phillip Hall

Proud Gomeroi and Euahlayi man Harry Phillip Hall, born in a segregated blacks only labour ward at Walgett District Hospital on 18 December 1946. Phillip was raised on a riverbank with no running water, sewerage, or electricity.

Phillip is the last remaining survivor from Walgett that assisted the Freedom Ride to overcome Racism that existed in the Walgett Aboriginal Community. This was a very important event that changed the course of history and gave the homeland of the Gomeroi and Euahlayi Peoples an opportunity for them to move on from the burden of Racial Discrimination. The same outcome was achieved by the students in other highly populated Aboriginal areas throughout NSW.

His employment in Indigenous affairs expands over 60 years, including his community and consultancy work, New South Wales Aboriginal Lands Trust (conduct state-wide meetings regarding Green Paper on NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Act), Advisor for the late Charlie Perkins, Coordination and the staging of the NSW Annual Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout Carnival (Koori Knockout) for the past 40 years and Coordination of the Survival Day concert for a number of years….just to name a few

Words from Uncle Phil …
‘I am humbled to have been nominated for the 2025 National NAIDOC Male Elder Award and then to find out, I am one of three finalists. I wish the other finalists in this category and all the other categories, the best of luck.’