Michael Mansell
Michael Mansell | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Alexander Mansell 5 June 1951 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Residence(s) | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
| Occupation | Lawyer, activist |
Michael Alexander Mansell (born 5 June 1951) is a Tasmanian Aboriginal (Palawa) activist and lawyer who has campaigned for social, political and legal changes.
Mansell is partly of Palawa descent from the Trawlwoolway group on his mother's side and from the Pinterrairer group on his father's side, both of which are Indigenous groups from north-eastern Tasmania.