Lisa Bellear

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Lisa Bellear (May 2, 1961 - July 5, 2006) was an indigenous Australian poet, photographer, activist, spokeswoman, dramatist, comedian and broadcaster[1]. She was a Minjungbul woman and the niece of Bob Bellear, Australia's fist indigenous judge, and Sol Bellear who helped to found the Aboriginal Housing Corporation in Redfern in 1972.

Bellear wrote Dreaming In Urban Areas (UQP, 1996), a book of poetry. She was a founding member of the Ilbijerri Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-op, the longest-running Aboriginal theatre troupe in Australia. Her photography was exhibited at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and at the Melbourne Museum as part of their millennium celebrations[2].

She was a broadcaster at the community radio station 3CR in Melbourne where she presented the show Not Another Koori Show for over 20 years.