David Unaipon
September 28, 1872 – February 7, 1967 (aged 94)
Birth place: Point McLeay Mission, South Australia, Australia
Aboriginal Australian preacher, inventor & author. A member of the Ngarrindjeri tribe, his last name is anglicized from Ngunaitponi. Featured on the Australian $50 bill. W. Ramsay Smith's collection Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboriginals (1930) was plagiarized from Unaipon's work. The stories are now published under his name.