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Neve Brissenden

State funeral set for Lowitja O'Donoghue

A state funeral will be held for Aboriginal leader Lowitja O'Donoghue, who died at 91 in February. (HANDOUT/LOWITJA INSTITUTE COMMUNICATION)

The legacy of Aboriginal rights trailblazer Lowitja O'Donoghue, who helped inspire some of the greatest changes to Indigenous recognition in Australia's history, will be honoured at a state funeral.

The Yankunytjatjara woman played a key role in the 1967 referendum, lobbied the Keating government to recognise Indigenous land ownership through the native title laws and advised on the apology to the stolen generation.

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