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Yunkurra Billy Atkins Yunkurra Billy Atkins i(8759606 works by)
; Died: Ceased: ca. 1940
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Putijarra
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BiographyHistory

Yunkurra Billy Atkins was born at Palarji (Well 9) on the Canning Stock Route. While he avoided being taken away by missionaries as a child, his sister's story of escape from missionaries was told in the film Rabbit-Proof Fence.

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