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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p David Edward Byrne (born 20 January 1952) is an Australian activist and politician. A former Augustinian monk and Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, he later moved to Cape York, became an advocate for Aboriginal land rights and co-founded the Cape York Land Council with Noel Pearson.Byrne was born in Sydney and was educated at St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Villanova College in Brisbane. He initially entered the Augustinian seminary and became a monk for a time, but later studied teaching at the University of Queensland. A member of the state executive of the Young Liberals, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1974 state election amidst the National-Liberal landslide of that year. At 22, he was at that time the state's youngest ever MLA, and he graduated from university during his term.He caused particular controversy when, in 1974, he made questionable allegations of arson against then-Labor Senate nominee Mal Colston, which Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen then used as a basis on which to appoint Albert Field instead, thus sparking the 1975 constitutional crisis. Rae Wear notes in her biography of Bjelke-Petersen that Byrne received 'very bad publicity' over the incident. His electorate was abolished at the 1977 election; he ran for re-election but was defeated.Byrne worked as a history master at San Sisto College in Cairns and as a lecturer at the Queensland Police Academy after leaving politics. By the late 1980s, however, he was living in the remote community of Injinoo on Cape York, where he became heavily involved in the movement for Aboriginal land rights. He subsequently co-founded the Cape York Land Council in 1990, along with friend and ally Noel Pearson. He later served as its deputy director, and remained with the organisation until 1999.Byrne was the subject of an episode of Australian Story in 1997.David Byrne currently lives at Topaz on the Atherton Tablelands where he maintains a strong interest in Indigenous issues. He also makes cheese and operates a small beef herd.. }

• David_Byrne_(Australian_politician) abstract "David Edward Byrne (born 20 January 1952) is an Australian activist and politician. A former Augustinian monk and Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, he later moved to Cape York, became an advocate for Aboriginal land rights and co-founded the Cape York Land Council with Noel Pearson.Byrne was born in Sydney and was educated at St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Villanova College in Brisbane. He initially entered the Augustinian seminary and became a monk for a time, but later studied teaching at the University of Queensland. A member of the state executive of the Young Liberals, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1974 state election amidst the National-Liberal landslide of that year. At 22, he was at that time the state's youngest ever MLA, and he graduated from university during his term.He caused particular controversy when, in 1974, he made questionable allegations of arson against then-Labor Senate nominee Mal Colston, which Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen then used as a basis on which to appoint Albert Field instead, thus sparking the 1975 constitutional crisis. Rae Wear notes in her biography of Bjelke-Petersen that Byrne received 'very bad publicity' over the incident. His electorate was abolished at the 1977 election; he ran for re-election but was defeated.Byrne worked as a history master at San Sisto College in Cairns and as a lecturer at the Queensland Police Academy after leaving politics. By the late 1980s, however, he was living in the remote community of Injinoo on Cape York, where he became heavily involved in the movement for Aboriginal land rights. He subsequently co-founded the Cape York Land Council in 1990, along with friend and ally Noel Pearson. He later served as its deputy director, and remained with the organisation until 1999.Byrne was the subject of an episode of Australian Story in 1997.David Byrne currently lives at Topaz on the Atherton Tablelands where he maintains a strong interest in Indigenous issues. He also makes cheese and operates a small beef herd.".