11 Facts About Stan Tipiloura

Stanley Gabriel Tipiloura was an Australian politician.

Stan Tipiloura was the Labor member for Arafura in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1987 until his death in 1992.

Stan Tipiloura attended primary school there, before studying for two years at St John's College, Darwin and two years at Monivae College in Victoria.

Stan Tipiloura worked for the CSIRO in Darwin after leaving school, and was a successful amateur footballer with St Mary's Football Club; he played a stint for South Adelaide Football Club in South Australia in the late 1970s.

Stan Tipiloura returned to Bathurst Island in 1975, where he worked in various roles, including for the Nguiu Council, of which he would subsequently be elected president.

Stan Tipiloura returned to Nguiu permanently in 1980, where served as a police aide and then officer at Nguiu from 1980 to 1985.

Stan Tipiloura was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Arafura at the 1987 election, succeeding his brother-in-law and former Labor leader Bob Collins, who was contesting a seat in the Australian Senate.

Stan Tipiloura maintained his international outreach, sending Christmas cards to his new colleagues in 1988.

Stan Tipiloura contracted kidney failure shortly after his election, and spent some time on dialysis before his uncle donated a kidney in 1990.

Stan Tipiloura was re-elected at the 1990 election from his hospital bed, and was made shadow minister for Aboriginal affairs after the election.

Stan Tipiloura was the first serving member of the Northern Territory Parliament to die.