Bob Randall (Indigenous Australian)

Robert James Bob Randall was an Aboriginal Australian elder, singer and community leader. He was a member of the Stolen Generations and became an elder of the Yankunytjatjara people from Central Australia. He was the 1999 NAIDOC Person of the Year. His 1970 song, My Brown Skin Baby They Take Him Away, is described as an anthem for the Stolen Generations. He was known by the honorific Tjilpi, a word meaning old man that is often translated as uncle. He lived in Mutitjulu, the Aboriginal community at Uluru in the Northwest Territory of Australia. He tells the story of his life and his spiritual journey in this hour long interview httpportraitsinfaith.orgunclebobrandall .

Randall was born around 1934 at Middleton Pond on Tempe Downs Station in the Central Desert region of the Northern Territory, Australia. His mother, Tanguawa, was a maid at the station and his father, Bill Liddle, was the owner of the station.

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