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Bejam Kunmunara Jarlow Nunukel Kabool, formerly known as Denis Walker is the eldest son of highly respected Aboriginal campaigner and writer, Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Kabool played a key role in the formation of the National Tribal Council in 1970. The organisation was established to assert Aboriginal self determination nationally. In 1972, Kabool formed an Australian version of the Black Panther Party. Since the 1970s, Bejam Kunmunara Jarlow Nunukel Kabool has worked towards the development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services and the improvement of relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.