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Archie Barton AM was an Australian Aboriginal political activist and land-rights campaigner. He played a key role in the 20-year campaign in the Maralinga Tjarutja people regaining ownership of their land, following the British nuclear tests at Maralinga and having the test sites cleaned up,〔(Mark McGinness, (3 December 2008), Hero of the Maralinga people: ARCHIE BARTON 1936-2008, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', Sydney, p. 20 )〕〔(Kathy Marks, (7 November 2008), Archie Barton: Aboriginal leader who campaigned for the clean-up of the Maralinga nuclear test sites, ''The Independent'', London )〕 and establishing Oak Valley with funds provided as compensation for the dispossession of the Maralinga people from their lands〔(Sandra McKay, (20 December 1997), The dispossessed, ''The Age'', Melbourne, p. 4 )〕 ==Work== Archie Barton had a varied work history: *at around twelve years he became a rural worker, at Bon Bon Station near Coober Pedy, later a railway fettler, and then digging trenches for the South Australian Gas Company in Adelaide.〔 *mid-1970s he was in Port Augusta working for an Aboriginal alcohol rehabilitation service. * 1981 he became community adviser to the Maralinga people, then based at Yalata *a director of Imparja Television *1985 he became administrator of the new Maralinga Tjarutja Council following the Land Rights Act of 1984〔 * *He was a witness to the McClelland Royal Commission of 1984-1985 into the nuclear tests.〔 * *He represented the Maralinga people in London, as stated in the Sydney Morning Herald obituary 'In 1991 and 1992 he accompanied two elders and their counsel, Andrew Collett, to negotiate with the British government. He met the 9th Earl of Arran, then parliamentary under-secretary of the armed forces, and the army minister, Viscount Cranborne, whom Barton presented with two bags of the red plutonium-tainted sand.'〔 * *In 2005 he was found to have misappropriated $230,000 of community funds. Age and a misplaced cultural obligation to relatives were given as an explanation for his dishonesty. Barton was dismissed and a controller appointed.〔 The Maralinga Tjarutja Council was established in 1984 with funds provided as compensation for the dispossession of the Maralinga people from their lands following the Nuclear tests.〔 In 1995, the Australian Government admitted it had been complicit in the testing and paid $13.5 million into a trust fund for compensation and to cover further clean-up. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archie Barton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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