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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sol Bellear</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100;"><a href="Member_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of Australia">AM</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Deputy chair of <a href="Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Commission" title="Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission">ATSIC</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1991–1994</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">ATSIC Commissioner for NSW Metro</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1991–1994</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">ATSIC Regional Councillor for Sydney</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1990–1994<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with 19 others</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Solomon David Bellear</div><br>1950/1951</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><time class="dday deathdate" datetime="2017-11-29">29 November 2017</time> (aged 66)<br><a href="Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, <a href="New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Australian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Bob_Bellear" title="Bob Bellear">Bob Bellear</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Solomon David Bellear</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="Member_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of Australia">AM</a></span></span> (1950/1951 – 29 November 2017) was an <a href="Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australian</a> public figure.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>
<p>Bellear was a <a href="Bundjalung_people" title="Bundjalung people">Bundjalung man</a>.and he was brought up in the far north of <a href="New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, in <a href="Mullumbimby" title="Mullumbimby">Mullumbimby</a>, and was one of nine children. His brother <a href="Bob_Bellear" title="Bob Bellear">Bob Bellear</a> became a judge.<sup id="cite_ref-smh-beacon_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smh-beacon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activism">Activism</h2></div>
<p>In 1970 Bellear was part of a delegation that intended to speak to the <a href="United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> on <a href="Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander">Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander</a> issues. The trip involved attending the "Congress of the African People" in <a href="Atlanta%2C_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-northcoteleader_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-northcoteleader-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tentembassy_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tentembassy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Bellear was the first chair of the <a href="Aboriginal_Legal_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Legal Service">Aboriginal Legal Service</a> when it was founded in the early 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-als-history_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-als-history-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also at that time, he was an active participant in the founding of the <a href="Aboriginal_Housing_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Housing Company">Aboriginal Housing Company</a>, that manages <a href="The_Block_(Sydney)" title="The Block (Sydney)">The Block</a> in <a href="Redfern%2C_New_South_Wales" title="Redfern, New South Wales">Redfern</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-coljames2002_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coljames2002-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>He was the chairman of the <a href="Aboriginal_Medical_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Medical Service">Aboriginal Medical Service</a> in <a href="Redfern%2C_New_South_Wales" title="Redfern, New South Wales">Redfern</a> and was on the board from 1975 until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ams-directors_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ams-directors-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCIE_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCIE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-encyclopaedia_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyclopaedia-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smh-profile_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smh-profile-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 1990 Bellear became a member of the <a href="Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Commission" title="Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission">Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission</a> (ATSIC), becoming elected as one of 20 councillors for the Sydney region. He was subsequently elected a commissioner for the NSW Metropolitan Zone.<sup id="cite_ref-aec-1990_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aec-1990-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-canberratimes-atsic_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canberratimes-atsic-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as deputy chair before stepping down in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-koorimail-ravaged_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koorimail-ravaged-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Bellear introduced <a href="Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a> at the 1992 <a href="Redfern_Park_Speech" title="Redfern Park Speech">Redfern Park Speech</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When recalling the speech Bellear said:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Well, thwat’s it. People say that they remember where they were at the time. I was right there on stage with him, and along with Stan Grant. Stan Grant of course was the MC. The day itself was just something unbelievable. It was just like a gathering, a prime minister giving a speech. Yes, it was in Redfern; yes, it was about Aboriginal people. But then into the speech, it just erupted. I mean that speech would have to be one of the most brilliant speeches ever, ever in Australia, if not the southern hemisphere</p></blockquote><div class="templatequotecite"><p style="display: inline; padding-left: 2.3em;">— Sol Bellear, as quoted in 'Memories of the Redfern Speech: a tribute to Sol Bellear'</p></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rugby_league">Rugby league</h2></div>
<p>During the late 1970s he was graded by the <a href="South_Sydney_Rabbitohs" title="South Sydney Rabbitohs">South Sydney Rabbitohs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-aboriginal_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-aboriginal-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also involved in the <a href="Redfern_All_Blacks" title="Redfern All Blacks">Redfern All Blacks</a>, that played at the <a href="Koori_Knockout" class="mw-redirect" title="Koori Knockout">Koori Knockout</a> competition.<sup id="cite_ref-interview-fbi_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-fbi-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Bellear was a director of South Sydney from 2002 until resigning over the takeover of <a href="Russell_Crowe" title="Russell Crowe">Russell Crowe</a> and <a href="Peter_Holmes_a_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Holmes a Court">Peter Holmes a Court</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-aboriginal_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-aboriginal-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smh-board_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smh-board-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-resignation_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-resignation-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Bellear was team manager of the <a href="Indigenous_All_Stars_(rugby_league)" title="Indigenous All Stars (rugby league)">Indigenous Dreamtime</a> team who played a <a href="New_Zealand_M%C4%81ori_rugby_league_team" title="New Zealand Māori rugby league team">Māori</a> team in an exhibition match that preceded the <a href="2008_Rugby_League_World_Cup" title="2008 Rugby League World Cup">2008 Rugby League World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NCIE_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCIE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>In 1999 Bellear became a Member of the <a href="Order_of_Australia" title="Order of Australia">Order of Australia</a> (AM) for services to the Aboriginal community. The citation mentions his work in Aboriginal health.<sup id="cite_ref-AM_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nacchocommunique.com/tag/sol-bellear/">Tribute and state funeral coverage</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050626071849/http://www.kooriweb.org/bbm/ams30th/p7.html">Judge Bob Bellear & brother Sol</a>, photo taken at the 30th anniversary dinner of the <a href="Aboriginal_Medical_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Medical Service">Aboriginal Medical Service</a> (2001)</li></ul></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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