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For love or money: a pictorial history of women and work in Australia (Penguin Books, 1983) Moreton-Robinson, Aileen. Talkin'up to the white woman: Aboriginal women and feminism (Univ. of Queensland Press, 2000) Ryan, Edna and Anne Conlon. Gentle Invaders: Australian Women at Work (Melbourne: Penguin, 1975).
Dolly Gurinyi Batcho (c. 1905 - 1973) was a Larrakia woman who served on Aboriginal Women's Hygiene Squad, 69th, as a part of the Australian Women's Army Service. She was also a signatory of the 1972 Larrakia Petition; Beetaloo Jangari Bill (c1910 - 1983) a Gurindji and Warumungu Elder from Elliott, Northern Territory.
Aboriginal women carrying a child wrapped in pelt cloak, South Australia, c. 1860. Despite efforts to bar their enlistment, over 1,000 Indigenous Australians fought for Australia in the First World War. [179] 1934 saw the first appeal to the High Court by an Aboriginal Australian, and it succeeded.
Following the inclusion of non-indigenous women in the 1903 election, many Australian women and the Australian government, led by Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, used their experience to promote women's suffrage in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Women's groups, such as the Australian Federation of Women Voters and the National Council of Women of Australia, became advocates for Indigenous issues in the 1920s. [183] The first Indigenous political organisation was the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association , established in 1924, with 11 branches and more than 500 Indigenous ...
It includes Australian women that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Indigenous Australian people .
Elizabeth Maud Hoffman, née Morgan, also known as Aunty Liz or Yarmauk, (10 March 1927 – 6 April 2009) was an Australian Indigenous rights activist and public servant. . She co-founded the first Indigenous Woman's Refuge in Australia, named "The Elizabeth Hoffman House" in her hon
Australian Indigenous people have beliefs unique to each mob and have a strong connection to the land. [72] [5] Contemporary Indigenous Australian beliefs are a complex mixture, varying by region and individual across the continent. [7]