David Charles Hudson[clarification needed] was born in the early 1960s and is a descendant of the Ewamin-Western Yalanji peoples of the western Far North Queensland region.
[2] According to Hudson "the majority of indigenous teenagers left school in year 10 and followed their fathers and grandfathers to work on railways, in construction or on cane fields.
[citation needed] In 2013, Hudson consulted for Dreamworld on the Gold Coast as cultural advisor, choreographer and script writer.
[citation needed] On 26 March 2014 Hudson was given an Honorary Doctorate from James Cook University, Cairns for his outstanding service and distinguished public contribution to the Queensland community.
[6] Hudson's talk explains how a boy once classified by the Government as fauna, grew up and is now able to spread a positive message about Aboriginal culture, especially through his passion for the didgeridoo.