List of Indigenous Australian politicians

This list of Indigenous Australian politicians includes Indigenous Australians who have been members of Australian legislaturesfederal, state or territory. It does not include those elected to local councils (including mayors), Governors/Governors-General, leaders of political parties (outside of parliament), Indigenous Australians actively involved in political institutions and those who have run unsuccessfully for office.
There have been 42 Indigenous members of the ten Australian legislatures, beginning when Neville Bonner entered the Australian Senate on 15 August 1971. Of these, 22 have been elected to the Northern Territory assembly, eight to the Australian Federal Parliament, four to the parliaments of Queensland and Western Australia, and one each to the parliaments of Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales and one to the Australian Capital Territory assembly.
Out of the 42 Indigenous Australians elected to any Australian Parliament, 17 have been women.
Nobody of acknowledged Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ancestry has yet been a member of the Norfolk Island assembly.
Note: There is considerable debate surrounding the complexity of Indigenous identity. Therefore, this list only includes those who identify themselves as Indigenous Australian. Also note that "origin" or "ancestry" refers to the Indigenous groups, communities, countries, place names or languages which that person identifies with. Some individuals do not have any specific Indigenous group identity and some have multiple identities.
Federal Parliament.
Nine Indigenous Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Australia (the Federal Parliament), seven in the Senate and two in the House of Representatives. Five of them are in it today.
At least four other members of the Federal Parliament have acknowledged Indigenous ancestry, but are or were not generally regarded as Indigenous themselves.
Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory.
One Indigenous Australian person has been a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.
Parliament of New South Wales.
One Indigenous Australian person has been a member of the Parliament of New South Wales.
Parliament of the Northern Territory.
Twenty-two Indigenous Australian people have been members of the unicameral Parliament of the Northern Territory.
Parliament of Queensland.
Five Indigenous Australian people have been members of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland.
Parliament of South Australia.
One Indigenous Australian person has been a member of the Parliament of South Australia.
Parliament of Tasmania.
Two Indigenous Australian people have been a member of the Parliament of Tasmania.
At least one other member of the Parliament of Tasmania has acknowledged Indigenous ancestry, but is not generally regarded as Indigenous themself.
Parliament of Victoria.
Two Indigenous Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Victoria.
At least two members have had acknowledged Indigenous ancestry, but were not generally regarded as Indigenous themselves.
Parliament of Western Australia.
Four Indigenous Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Western Australia, all of whom were elected to the Legislative Assembly (the lower house).
At least one other member of the Parliament of Western Australia has acknowledged Indigenous ancestry, but is not generally regarded as Indigenous themself.