NEVILLE Bonner's great niece, Joanna Lindgren, says she is not in the Senate to continue the work of her uncle, but "to do the work of today".

Neville Bonner became the first Indigenous Australian to sit in parliament in 1971, when he was chosen to fill a senate vacancy seat. A new bronze statue commemorating his legacy has been unveiled in ...

In 1971, Jagera elder Neville becomes the first Aboriginal Australian to enter Australian parliament. He sits for over 12 years in both state and federal parliament.

MORE than 40 years later, his great niece, Joanna Lindgren, made the same declaration in the same chamber of the federal parliament.