FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Fun Trivia
Home: Questions and Answers Forum
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


Who was the first living Australian to appear on an Australian postage stamp?

Question #152269. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated Oct 28 2025.
Originally posted Oct 28 2025 7:49 AM.

avatar
sam388 star
Answer has 6 votes
Currently Best Answer
sam388 star
13 year member
111 replies avatar

Answer has 6 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
Gwoya Tjungurrayi also known as One Pound Jimmy was an aboriginal elder and lawman of his people and died in 1965 at age of 70. He was photographed in 1935 and the image was used in September 1936 issue of a tourism magazine called "Walkabout". The image was subsequently used on a 8 1/2 pence stamp and a half crown stamp in 1950 making him the first aboriginal and living Australian to be featured on a postage stamp. It is to be noted that his name was not used with the image on the stamp.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoya_Tjungurrayi

Oct 28 2025, 10:17 AM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion

Related FunTrivia Quizzes

play quiz Australian Stamp Collecting
( Stamps)
play quiz Postage Stamp Collecting
( Stamps)
play quiz Some Postage Stamp Heroes of Magical Moldova
( People by Country)

Return to FunTrivia
"Ask FunTrivia" strives to offer the best answers possible to trivia questions. We ask our submitters to thoroughly research questions and provide sources where possible. Feel free to post corrections or additions. This is server B184.