Acknowledgement This site is built on Quandamooka Country. Uncle Bill is a Mitakoodi man working on Yuggera and Turrbal lands. We respect their enduring connections to Culture and Country. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present, and emerging. Sovereignty never ceded
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Uncle Bill Lemson, a Mitakoodi Elder, photographed in his hat in front of the Aboriginal Flag.
Elder · Advocate · Truth-Teller

Uncle Bill Lemson

I am a Mitakoodi Elder living in Magandjin (Brisbane). My work spans Truth-Telling, Yarning Circles, and Community Leadership: sharing my history, supporting First Nations communities, opening honest conversations, making space for others to be heard so we can move forward in mutual understanding.

Currently Co-Chair and Ambassador, First Nations Allies Magandjin

My Life and Work →

Where I Come From

My History

“Like many First Nations people, I only know part of my story.” Uncle Bill Lemson

I tell my story in my own words, beginning on Mitakoodi Country.

Step into My History →
Ramsay Street, Cloncurry, in February 1966. Shopfronts under deep awnings, utes at the kerb, festive lights overhead.
Ramsay Street, Cloncurry February 1966. State Library of Queensland.
Aunty Pat Williams and Uncle Bill Lemson side by side in a leafy garden, both smiling.
Aunty Pat Williams and Uncle Bill Lemson Photograph supplied.
Next Yarning Circle · Sunday 22 November 2026

Aunty Pat Williams

My guest is Aunty Pat Williams, a Gooreng Gooreng Elder who has given her life to children, families and community, from the Brisbane School of Distance Education to families in detention centres and prisons. Come and hear her stories.

11.15 am, Darnell Room, St John’s Cathedral. Free, with morning tea afterwards. Only 50 seats.

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What’s On

First Nations Community Calendar

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Uncle Bill Lemson by the ocean in his hat and striped scarf, smiling at the viewer.
From Uncle Bill