Gatjil Djerrkura

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Gatjil Djerrkura OAM (30 June 1949 - 26 May 2004) was an Aboriginal leader and indigenous spokesman in the Northern Territory and Australia.

He was a senior elder of the Wangurri Aboriginal clan of the Yolngu people. He was responsible for a number of traditional and ceremonial activities on behalf of his clan and the East Arnhem Land/Yirrkala Aboriginal community.

He served as Chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), appointed on 6 December 1996 to 2000.

In 1984 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to the Aboriginal community.

[edit] Positions

  • Chairman of the Bachelor College Council, NT
  • Director of the Board of the Indigenous Land Corporation
  • Director of the Board of the land Enterprise Australia
  • member of the Council for Aboriginal reconciliation
  • General Manager of Yirrkala Business Enterprises in Nhulunbuy
  • Chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commercial Development Corporation
  • Director of the Henry Walker Group
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