Achievements


 * Although Oodgeroo is best known for her poetry and writing, she has had many achievements outside of this as an Aboriginal activist. These achievements have made her eligible for the Indigenous Heroes Award.**

- Oodgeroo Noonuccal was the Queensland State Secretary of the Council for the advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This achievement received national prominence.

- Established Noonuccal‐Nughie Education and Cultural Centre where programs were conducted for school students and visitors.

- In the 1969 Queensland state election, Oodgeroo Noonuccal stood as the Labor Party member of the electorate of Greensloops.

- She was a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) for services to the community (MBE) in 1970, hoping that it would advance the Aboriginal cause. She returned this honour in 1987 as a sign of protest of the injustices perpetrated against the Indigenous population.

**Oodgeroo has had many achievements in her writing.**

- She won the Mary Gilmore Medal in 1970.

- The Jessie Litchfield Award in 1975

- International Acting Award and Fellowship of the Australian Writers Award.

- At Macquarie University she held an honorary doctorate of letters and at Griffith University she was awarded the degree of Doctor of the University.