Additional Information
Special Achievements
- First Aborigine to earn a doctorate from Harvard Law School in USA.
- Professor of Law at Sydney University of Technology.
- 1993 - Won the Lionel Murphy Foundation Scholarship.
- 2002 - Co-recipient of the inaugural Neville Bonner National Teaching Award.
- 2004 - Deadly Award winner for literature.
- 2009 - Named National NAIDOC Person of the Year.
- 2011 - Named the New South Wales Australian of the year.
Resources
Image - Larissa Behrendt
Description: A photograph of Larissa Behrendt working 2012. Date: July 2012 Source: Sent to me by the owner. Author: Larissa Behrendt Permission: This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose.
Wikimedia Commons: File:Larissa Behrendt at work 2012.jpg
McLean, Greg. Native title date for Prof Larissa. Centralian Advocate. May 30, 2003: page unknown.
The Australian Women's Register. “Behrendt, Larissa (1969 - )”. accessed 9 December 2019.
Wikipedia. “Larissa Behrendt”. accessed 9 December 2019.
The Age. “Finding home amid the stolen memories”. accessed 9 December 2019.
The Sydney Morning Herald. “Lunch with Larissa Behrendt”. accessed 9 December 2019.
Creative Spirits. “Order of Australia: Aboriginal winners”. accessed 4 August 2020.
