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Lidia Alma Thorpe [6] was born on 18 August 1973 [7] [1] in Carlton, Victoria, [8] [9] to Roy Illingworth [10] and Marjorie Thorpe. [4] She is of English, Irish, [10] Djab Wurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara descent. [11] Thorpe grew up in Housing Commission flats in Collingwood and went to Gold Street Primary School in Clifton Hill. [4]
Thorpe had seven children with her husband, and later fostered two more on her own. [2]Her daughter Marjorie Thorpe was a commissioner on the Stolen Generations inquiry that produced the Bringing Them Home report, and later a member of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, and a preselected Australian Greens federal candidate for the electorate of Gippsland. [4]
Nobody of acknowledged Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ancestry has yet been a member of the Norfolk Island assembly. Note: There is considerable debate surrounding the complexity of Indigenous identity. Therefore, this list only includes those who identify themselves as Indigenous Australian. Also note that "origin" or "ancestry" refers ...
Ms Thorpe later told the BBC that she wanted to send “a clear message” to Charles – the first ever king of Australia, who is currently in the midst of a six-day tour of the country.
Millions of people use genetic testing companies like 23andMe to learn more about their ancestry and health. But a new data breach is highlighting the risks of having your ancestry information ...
Lidia Thorpe, 51, an outspoken advocate for Indigenous rights, shouted at the King in a fiery address during his royal reception in Great Hall of Parliament House on Monday.
Thorpe is a surname derived from the Middle English word thorp, meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe is found as the name of many places in England. People with this name
Lidia Thorpe's induction into Parliament in 2020 Lidia Thorpe at a smoking ceremony. Upon election to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2017, Senator Lidia Thorpe was inducted into her position wearing a traditional bosom fur cloth representing her ancestry as a Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman. Her swearing in included a smoking ...