Additional Information
Special Achievements
- Married Michael Frederick Kennedy ("Fred") in 1929 and moved to Elkedra Station in the Northern Territory. Mother of five children who she supervised with their schooling through correspondence. With her nursing background she assisted many Aboriginal women during childbirth.
Resources
Image - Monica Teresa Sheeran
Monica Sheeran in the grounds of St Benedicts Hospital, Malvern, Victoria
Image courtesy of Hugh Kennedy
Document - Mrs Kennedy's Story
Compiled by Hugh Kennedy, eldest son of Fred and Monica Kennedy, assisted by granddaughters Maree, Gail and Jennifer, September 2004
Document courtesy of Hugh Kennedy
Image - Monica Teresa Sheeran
Image courtesy of Hugh Kennedy
Image - Early days in Central Australia
Image courtesy of Hugh Kennedy
Image - Scenes from Central Australia
Image courtesy of Hugh Kennedy
Image - The Kennedy family in front of the (Old) Elkedra Homestead
Image courtesy of Hugh Kennedy
Link - Monica Teresa Sheeran
Geneanet webpage
Link - "For Our Families: The Kurundi Walk-Off and the Ngurrantji Venture", by Diane Bell in Aboriginal History 1978, 2:1
The Kennedy family are mentioned throughout this article, with a particular reference to Monica Kennedy on page 49.
