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Tjunmutja Myra

27 September 1927 — 3 January 2009

Aboriginal or Torrest Stait Islander:  Yes 

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Additional Information

Additional Information

  • Learned to read and write at United Aborigines Mission School at Ooldea, South Australia.  After marriage, spent next 27 years at Gerard Mission in the Riverlands.  Thirty years at Indulkana as Chairperson of Community Council and working for betterment of Pitjantjatjarao Yankunytjatjara people.

Resources

References

  • Rive, Linda.  A strong woman loyal to her family.  Centralian Advocate.  January 16, 2009:10.

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