Joseph Daniel McGinness AM (1914–2003), known as "Uncle Joe", was an Aboriginal Australian activist and the first Aboriginal president of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI). When their father died, McGinness, aged eight, and his siblings were taken into a compound for "half-caste" children in Darwin. He worked on the campaign for the 1967 referendum regarding Aboriginal affairs in Australia. McGinness was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1990 Australia Day Honours list for service to the Aboriginal community.