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KARTINYERI
Doreen Maude
1935 — 2 December 2007
Aboriginal or Torrest Stait Islander: Yes
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Special Achievements
- Doreen Kartinyeri was a prominent Aboriginal activist and historian. She was a child of the stolen generation, worked as a domestic servant from the age of thirteen, had eight children and 23 foster children and published ten books.
- Doreen collected the histories and genealogies of the Indigenous families of Point Pearce and Point McLeay, much of which had been lost during the processes of colonisation. She published a number of books on the area, which led to her being awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Adelaide and to a job setting up the Aboriginal Family History Unit at the South Australian museum in Adelaide.
- Doreen played a significant role in the Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair in the 1990s.
- She was named the South Australian Aboriginal of Year in 1994.
Additional Information
- Author of ten publications, including Doreen Kartinyeri, My Ngarrindjeri Calling and Stolen Generation.
