In 1989, the Australian government awarded him one of the very first Creative Fellowships, in honor of his exceptional contribution to the arts in Australia. In 1977, he was awarded the British Empire Medal and was inducted into the Order of Australia in 1985.

Throughout the 1960s, he became the director of the Aboriginal Centre and was the first chair of the Aboriginal Land Trust.ĭavis' plays include Kullark, The Dreamers, No Sugar, Honeyspot, Moorli and the Leprechaun, Burungin, Plays from Black Australia, and In your Town.

His most famous poem is a tribute to John Pat, an Aboriginal boy who was killed by the West Australia Police. Jack is co-author of the award-winning and best-selling guide to Photoshop, The Photoshop Wow Book, as well as an award winning designer. All the while, he began to work as a political organizer as well as a poet and playwright. Team Name: JDAVISDRIFTING Car Number: 247 Car Manufacturer: BMW Tire Manufacturer: GT Radial +. These early life experiences exposed him to the racist systems and attitudes prevalent in Australia at the time. He wrote many poems and plays throughout his career and is celebrated as an innovative theatrical voice, who infused compelling dramas with social and political critique.ĭavis lived for a time on the Moore River Native Settlement in childhood, as well as the Brookton Aboriginal Reserve, and worked as a stockman and itinerant worker. Jack always had a fascination with words and when he was 10 he preferred a dictionary to a story book.

Born in Perth in 1917, Jack spent his childhood in Yarloop about 140 kilometres to the south. Jack Davis was an Australian poet and playwright who fought for Indigenous rights in Australia throughout his lengthy career as both an activist and an artist. Jack Davis Biography Jack Davis, was a notable Australian 20th Century playwright and poet, also an Indigenous rights campaigner.

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