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Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG (August 1932 [a] – 4 February 2024), also known as Lois O'Donoghue and Lois Smart, was an Australian public administrator and Indigenous rights advocate. She was the inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) from 1990 to 1996.
Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal activists in Australian history, has died at age 91. Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential ...
Lowitja O'Donoghue spent her life advocating for the rights and recognition of First Nations people. Lowitja O'Donoghue: Indigenous leader who changed Australia dies aged 91 Skip to main content
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In 2009, Lowitja O'Donoghue expressed her opinion that reform of the agency would have been better than establishing a new agency which has been costly and might suffer similar problems as its predecessor, such as nepotism. [20] ATSIC was criticised by a government advisory panel in 2009 for having been dominated by males. [21]
Lowitja O'Donoghue: 1932: 2024 Chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) 1999 A Dame Bridget Ogilvie: 1938 – Biomedical research, particularly related to veterinary and medical parasitology: 2007 A Emeritus Prof Mary O'Kane: 1954 – Scientist, Chief Scientist and Engineer of Government of New South Wales ...
4 February – Lowitja O'Donoghue, public administrator and Indigenous rights advocate (born 1932) [61] 19 February – Marion Halligan, novelist, short story writer, reviewer and essayist (born 1940) [62] 25 March – Ian Heads, historian and journalist (born 1943) [63] 30 April – Lyndall Ryan, historian (born 1943) [64] [65]
The pair married on 13 February 1954 from the Duguid's home and it was covered in The Australian Women's Weekly; Lowitja O'Donoghue was one of her bridesmaids. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Afterwards they made their first home in the Adelaide Hills and Fred continued work as an electrician and spent periods of time (several months in total) working at the ...