Kenneth Desmond Colbung AM MBE (2 September 1931 – 12 January 2010), also known by his indigenous name Nundjan Djiridjarkan, was an Aboriginal Australian leader from the Noongar people who became prominent in the 1960s.
[7] Amongst his positions, Colbung was also deputy chairperson (1978-1984) and then chair (1984-1990) of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
He also had close links with the Western Australian Museum, and worked with them on their representations of Aboriginal issues for over thirty years.
[6] In 1979, Colbung presented state governor Wallace Kyle with a "notice to quit" during the opening of the WAY 79 celebrations of Western Australia's sesquicentenary.
[11] Colbung became particularly known for his leading role in ensuring that the severed head of his ancestor, the Noongar warrior Yagan, was repatriated from Britain to Australia in 1997.