By Wendy Bowles, Paddy Gibson and John Nolan.
This is the first of four articles about Raymond Edward Peckham, or Uncle Ray as he was known, who died peacefully at Dubbo Base Hospital on June 6, 2025, aged 95 – one of the most important Aboriginal leaders of the Twentieth Century. This first article traces some of his early life.
Ray was born on June 24, 1929, in Bunyip, Victoria, the 11th of...
