Neville Williams
Neville "Chappy" Williams is an elder of the Wiradjuri Nation, in Western New South Wales. Known as "Uncle Chappy" to those who follow indigenous Australian customs, he is a regular at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra and a key opponent of the Barrick Gold Corporation's gold mine project at Lake Cowal. Barrick sold the Cowal Mine to Evolution Mining in 2015.[2]
Neville WIlliams | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Boxing, opposition to Lake Cowal gold mine |
| Boxing career | |
| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | Chappy |
| Weight(s) | lightweight[1] |
| Stance | Orthodox[1] |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 34 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Wins by KO | 5 |
| Losses | 18 |
| Draws | 0 |
See also
- Wiradjuri
- Prominent indigenous Australians
References
- "Neville Williams". Boxrec. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- Validakis, Vicky (25 May 2015). "Barrick Gold sells Cowal Gold mine". Australian Mining. Prime Creative Media. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
External links
- February 2005 report from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy (published on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation website) includes a quote from Uncle Chappy Williams
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