Bill Onus b. 15 November 1906

Also known as William Onus, William Townsend Onus, W. T. Onus
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
William Townsend (Bill) Onus 1906-68. As an artist, entrepeneur, actor and activist Bill Onus made an significant contribution to Art and Aboriginality in postwar Melbourne. His work is held in the collections of in the collections of the National Museum of Australia, Australian Museum, Powerhouse Museum and South Australian Museum.
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Name
Bill Onus
Also known as:
  • William Onus
  • William Townsend Onus
  • W. T. Onus
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
Other Occupation
  • TV show narrator (ANZSIC code: 5511)
  • Rigger (ANZSIC code: 5220)
  • Shearer (ANZSIC code: 0522)
  • Prospector (ANZSIC code: 1012)
  • Delivery truck driver (ANZSIC code: 4610)
  • Secretary of the APA (ANZSIC code: 9559)
  • Shipping clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
Birth date
15 November 1906
Birth place
Cummeragunja Aboriginal Reserve, NSW, Australia
Death date
10 January 1968
Death place
Deepdene, VIC, Australia
Active Period
  • 1940 - 1968
Residence
  • c.1934- Salt Pan Creek, south-western Sydney, NSW
  • Bega, NSW
  • c.1929- Sydney, NSW
  • 1918 Riverina
  • 1906 Cummeragunja Aboriginal Reserve, NSW
  • 33 Terry Street, Deepdene, VIC
  • 1946 Melbourne, VIC
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English

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Other occupations
  • TV show narrator (ANZSIC code: 5511)
  • Rigger (ANZSIC code: 5220)
  • Shearer (ANZSIC code: 0522)
  • Prospector (ANZSIC code: 1012)
  • Delivery truck driver (ANZSIC code: 4610)
  • Secretary of the APA (ANZSIC code: 9559)
  • Shipping clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • TV show narrator (ANZSIC code: 5511)
  • Rigger (ANZSIC code: 5220)
  • Shearer (ANZSIC code: 0522)
  • Prospector (ANZSIC code: 1012)
  • Delivery truck driver (ANZSIC code: 4610)
  • Secretary of the APA (ANZSIC code: 9559)
  • Shipping clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
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Place Cummeragunja Aboriginal Reserve, NSW, Australia Cummeragunja Aboriginal Reserve, NSW
Death embedded
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Place Deepdene, VIC, Australia Deepdene, VIC