# Sam Watson

> Samuel William Watson, also known as Sammy Watson Jnr, was an Aboriginal Australian activist from the 1970s, who in later life stood as a Socialist Alliance candidate. He is known for being a co-founder of the Australian Black Panther Party in 1971/2. Through work at the Brisbane Aboriginal Legal Service in the early 1990s, Watson was involved in implementing the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. From 2009 was deputy director at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland.

*Indigenous Australian activist (1952-2019)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1952-11-16
- **Died:** 2019-11-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Samuel William Watson, also known as Sammy Watson Jnr, was an Aboriginal Australian activist from the 1970s, who in later life stood as a Socialist Alliance candidate. He is known for being a co-founder of the Australian Black Panther Party in 1971/2. Through work at the Brisbane Aboriginal Legal Service in the early 1990s, Watson was involved in implementing the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. From 2009 was deputy director at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.3 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 3.7 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Sam Watson (political activist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Watson_(political_activist))
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- [Sam Watson (political activist)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Watson_(political_activist))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cb47ecba-4715-4e55-b86c-2c51822876eb)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7408301)

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