Stan Davey AM was a prominent activist and co-founder of five organisations dedicated to improving the lives of Aboriginal Australians, including Aboriginal Advancement League where he was the founding secretary alongside Pastor Doug Nicholls, and the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement.
He grew up in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe and was a committed Christian.
He was ordained as a minister in the Churches of Christ in 1952, but earlier, while studying at university in 1951 he was politicised and following a meeting with Doug Nicholls he ultimately decided to dedicate his life to the Aboriginal cause.
[3] He resigned as the director of the Aboriginal Advancement League and in 1968 moved to the Pilbara and Kimberley regions to work directly with aboriginal communities.
[4] In 2010 Davey died of pneumonia at a nursing home in Frankston at the age of 88.