Robert Bropho (original) (raw)

Robert Charles Bropho (9 February 1930 – 24 October 2011) was a Ballardong Noongar Australian Aboriginal, rights activist, and convicted serial child sex offender from Perth, Western Australia. Bropho was leader of the Swan Valley Nyungah Community settlement for over 40 years until its closure in 2003. He organised the protest against redevelopment of the Swan Brewery, and was involved in the repatriation of Yagan's head in 1997. He was convicted for child sex charges in 2008. He died in October 2011 while serving a six-year jail term.