Anthony Martin Fernando (6 April 1864 – 9 January 1949) was an early Aboriginal Australian toymaker and early political activist.
[1] Fernando was born in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales as a member of the Dharug nation.
[1] He spent most of his life in "self-imposed" exile, overseas, protesting and publicising the injustices inflicted upon himself, his people, and Aboriginal Australians generally:[2] ...'his long grey beard damp with mist, his frail elderly frame wrapped in a large overcoat'.
Pinned to his coat were scores of small, white, toy skeletons and he wore a placard proclaiming: 'This is all Australia has left of my people'[1] He died in the East London town of Ilford on 9 January 1949.
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