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Ngingali Cullen

Aboriginal Australian activist and nurse

Vai Stanton

Aboriginal Australian welfare worker and elder of Kungarakany and Gurindji descent

Pat Turner

Aboriginal Australian feminist and indigenous rights activist

Tarereenore

Aboriginal leader from the nineteenth century that organised an armed resistance against white colonists in now-Tasmania, Australia.

Nandergoroke

Bunurong woman from the 1800s who was taken captive and enslaved by white men

She rose through the ranks of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress to become its Deputy Director. In addition she has held executive positions on the Aboriginal Legal Aid Service, Tangentyere Council and the Joint Aboriginal Management Information Services. She was involved with the development of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association.

Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue

In 1989, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue became the first woman chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

Doreen Kartinyeri

Doreen Kartinyeri was a Ngarrindjeri elder and historian, best known for her role in the controversial Hindmarsh Island bridge affair in the 1990s.

Ruby Langford Ginibi

Ruby Langford Ginibi, of the Bunjalung people of the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales, was an outstanding activist for Aboriginal rights through her writing and speaking.