Timeline
1907- born in Walhallow.
1923- Groves was apprenticed to a plumber, but found it difficult to obtain jobs.
1927- engaged by the Aborigines Protection Board as handyman on Bulgandramine Aboriginal reserve.
1943- enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force.
1945- settled in Sydney.
1952- was appointed a Justice of the Peace.
1956- Groves became first president of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (formed in Sydney to bring together Aborigines and Whites)
1958- was a founding member of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement.
1969- Groves married 21-year-old, German-born Renate Sofia Schieron.
1970- died.
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