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Tanu Nona
Tanu
Nona
OBE
was an
Australian
pearler
and
politician
. Nona, of
mixed
Samoan
and
Torres Strait Islander
ancestry
,
operating
pearling boats along the
coast
of
Queensland
from the
1920s
until his
death
. He was also a
local councillor
on the
Badu
Island council
and a leading
figure
in
local government
among the
western
islands
group.