Robbie Williams (politician)

Robbie Williams (12 June 1962 - 20 December 2007) was the first Indigenous Australian councillor to sit on the Brisbane City Council.[1] He had held the role only since October 2007, but had been tipped to win a seat in the council elections in March 2008. Williams had previously served three terms as a regional councillor with ATSIC and was later the ATSIC commissioner for Brisbane and southeast Queensland. He was widely known for his community work,[2] and was the founder and chair of First Contact Aboriginal Corporation for Youth, an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of indigenous youth, in 1992.[3]

Robbie Williams
Member of the Brisbane City Council
In office
October 2007  20 December 2007
Preceded byKerry Rea
Succeeded byIan McKenzie
ConstituencyHolland Park Ward
Personal details
Born(1962-06-12)12 June 1962
Died20 December 2007(2007-12-20) (aged 45)
Political partyLabor

Williams was the son of Hazel, an Aboriginal woman with connections to the Yugambeh language group, and his father was Bob Williams, a butcher. He trained and worked as a butcher for several years before gaining a diploma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander welfare and joining the Australian Public Service, working in the Department of Social Security.[4]

He was married to Trish and had four children. He died of a heart attack at the age of 45 on 20 December 2007.

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