Life Summary - Robert Samuel (Rob) Riley - Indigenous Australia

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Life Summary

Name	Robert Samuel Riley
Alternative Names	Robert Samuel Dinah
Born	10 December, 1954 Moora, Western Australia, Australia
Died	1 May, 1996 (aged 41) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	suicide
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Noongar Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Perth Modern School (student, 1967-1968) Pingelly District High School (WA) (student, 1968-1969) Curtin University (WA) (student, 1977)
Occupation *	clerk (1970-1974) Western Australia, Australia soldier (1974-1977) Federal, Australia court/law officer (1979-1981) Western Australia, Australia Indigenous leader (1981-1985) Western Australia, Australia community worker (1985-1987) Northern Territory, Australia political staffer (1987-1989) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Indigenous messenger/mediator (1989-1990) Western Australia, Australia Indigenous leader (1990-1996) Western Australia, Australia
Military Service *	Australian Army Service Corps (soldier, 1974-1977)
Key Events *	Noonkanbah dispute (1978-80) (legal adviser) Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-91) (employee, 1989-1990)
Legacies *	Rob Riley Memorial Lecture (Curtin University) (eponym) Rob Riley Memorial Scholarship (Curtin University) (eponym)
Key Places *	Katakutu Employment Hostel (Mount Lawley, WA) (resident) Sister Kate's Children's Cottage Home (Perth) (resident, 1954-1966) Pingelly aboriginal reserve (WA) (resident, 1968-1969)
Political Activism *	Black Action (WA) (member)
Social Issues *	stolen child (victim, 1955)
Workplaces *	Aboriginal Legal Service (WA) (field officer, 1979-1980) Aboriginal Legal Service (WA) (executive officer, 1980) National Aboriginal Conference (member, 1981-1985) National Aboriginal Conference (chair, 1984-1985) Northern Land Council (employee, 1985-1987) Aboriginal Legal Service (WA) (executive officer, 1990-1995)

* Dates are approximate