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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.
Aileen's doctoral thesis was titled Talkin' up to the white woman : Indigenous women and feminism in Australia. [1] Her thesis was subsequently published as a book in 1999 [2] which was short-listed for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and the Stanner Award for Indigenous writing. [3]
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
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 .
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.
This list of Indigenous Australian politicians includes Indigenous Australians who have been members of Australian legislatures—federal, state or territory. It does not include those elected to local councils (including mayors), Governors/Governors-General, leaders of political parties (outside of parliament), Indigenous Australians actively involved in political institutions and those who ...