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Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia)

  • AU NLA 35188528
  • Corporate body
  • 1991-

Established by the Commonwealth Parliament, with unanimous cross-party support. Statutory body under the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991.

O'Loughlin, I. L. (Iris Lorraine)

  • AU NLA 35197093
  • Person

Between 1972 and 1994, I. L. O'Loughlin co-authored with Barbara Creed a series of books titled Insight: approaches to the prescribed tests. Higher School Certificate English.

George, Greg

  • AU NLA 35198050
  • Person

Greg George was a Librarian at the University of Queensland. He has been actively involved in The Greens.

Mudrooroo, 1938-2019

  • AU NLA 35230870; US DLC n 99264389
  • Person
  • 1938-2019

Mudrooroo, born Colin Johnson in Narrogin, Western Australia in 1938, was an author and playwright.

Perkins, Elizabeth, 1933-2004

  • AU NLA 35237078
  • Person
  • 1933-2004

Elizabeth Perkins (1933-2004) was born in Brisbane on 8 April 1933. She completed her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and PhD with University of Queensland. In 1970 she took up a lecturer's position at James Cook University and remained there until her retirement in 1996. Elizabeth was involved with several North Queensland Theatre groups including the Townsville Little Theatre, the Tropic Line Theatre, and she was a member of the New Moon Theatre board. Elizabeth supported the drama, art, music and literature of North Queensland and was regarded as a significant contributor to the Townsville cultural scene. She became the founding member of many arts bodies. In 2002 she was awarded the Order of Australia for her services to the Arts.

Teakle, L. J. Hartley (Laurence John Hartley), 1901-1979

  • AU NLA 35247928
  • Person
  • 1901-1979

Laurence John Hartley Teakle was Professor of Agriculture from 1947 until 1963 at the University of Queensland. From 1946 to 1947 he was the Western Australian Commissioner for Soil Conservation. In 1964 he was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University and in 1969 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws.

De Boer, Janet

  • AU NLA 35250134
  • Person

Janet De Boer came to Australia from the United States of America in 1975 on a holiday and remained. Initially working as an occupational therapist, she followed her passion for textiles which saw her involvement in The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA), her creation of the magazine "Textile Fibre Forum, she developed week long 'FORUM' conferences, was the director of TAFTA's 'Gallery 159', received an O.A.M. in 2004 for her services to the textile arts.

Kenny, Elizabeth, 1880-1952

  • AU NLA 35266669; US DLC 80037749
  • Person
  • 1880-1952

Elizabeth Kenny was a self-trained nurse who started her career on the Darling Downs in Queensland before serving as a staff nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1915. She was promoted to Sister in 1917 and continued to use this title after her she left the army. She became well-known for her controversial clinical management of poliomyelitis and cerebal palsy in children that she cared for in her clinic in Townsville from 1932. Although strongly opposed by many in the medical profession, her treatments became popular as the results proved more positive than traditional methods of immobilization. She became a cult figure around the world, particularly in North America where she started many clinics during the poliomyelitis epidemics of the 1940s. She died in Toowoomba in 1952. A film about her life, Sister Kenny premiered in 1946.

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