Acknowledgement This site is built on Quandamooka Country. Uncle Bill is a Mitakoodi man working on Jagera 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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When something is important, I wear my hat.
Uncle Bill Lemson, a respected First Nations Elder, photographed in his hat in front of the Aboriginal Flag.

Portrait courtesy of Uncle Bill Lemson
Aboriginal Flag design by the late Mr Harold Thomas

Elder · Advocate · Truth-Teller

Uncle Bill Lemson

A respected Indigenous Elder based in Queensland. Uncle Bill’s work spans Truth-Telling, Yarning Circles, and Community Leadership across Brisbane and Wynnum: carrying knowledge, showing leadership, and making space for others to be heard. Co-Chair of First Nations Allies (Magandjin).

Read his biography, hear his own story, and learn about his work
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Truth-Telling
Featured in public forums, events, and demonstrations on Voice, Treaty, Truth, Sovereignty and Indigenous Rights.
Yarning Circles
Facilitator of regular Yarning Circles in the Darnell Room at St John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane.
Community
Co-Chair of First Nations Allies (Magandjin), and a Group Pillar of the Valley Men's Group in New Farm, Brisbane.
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Uncle Bill Lemson at home in Brisbane, looking calmly and directly at the viewer.
Uncle Bill at home in Brisbane. Photograph courtesy of Uncle Bill and The Eagle, St John’s Cathedral.
His Story

My Journey to Peace

“My first day at school was also my last. I was five years old.” Uncle Bill Lemson, My Journey to Peace

From Cloncurry and the cattle stations, to the mines at Mt Isa and Collinsville, to faith, family, and the work that drives him today: Uncle Bill tells his own story, in his own words.

Read My Journey to Peace →
At St John’s Cathedral

The Yarning Circle

Uncle Bill founded the Yarning Circle series at St John’s Anglican Cathedral to introduce the Cathedral community, and anyone who wants to come, to First Nations Elders and leaders who have achieved remarkable things. A featured guest tells their story. Everyone present is free to ask questions and offer comments. It is direct, honest and open to all.

Next Yarning Circle
Remah Naji
Sunday 23 August 2026, 11.15 am · Darnell Room, St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane

Linguist, community organiser, daughter of Palestinian refugees, and the first Palestinian woman to stand for the Australian Federal Parliament. Free; all welcome; RSVP appreciated.

Event details and RSVP →

Past Yarning Circles, and who has spoken →

What’s On

First Nations Community Calendar

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