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Trailblazing Indigenous leader honoured with electorate

The Australian Electoral Commission is renaming the South Australian federal seat of Grey as O'Donoghue, in honour of an Indigenous rights advocate.

AAP · Jul 20

SA:Art symbolises Indigenous leader's steely resolve

A new statue of a celebrated Indigenous rights leader symbolises both her generosity of spirit and a fierce determination to create change.

AAP · Jun 2

Art symbolises Indigenous leader's steely resolve

A new statue of a celebrated Indigenous rights leader symbolises both her generosity of spirit and a fierce determination to create change.

AAP · Jun 2

State funeral set for Lowitja O'Donoghue

Respected Aboriginal leader Lowitja O'Donoghue will be honoured at a South Australian state funeral in March, a month after her death.

AAP · Feb 20, 2024

Lowitja O’Donoghue: formidable advocate for Aboriginal Australians who overcame adversity and prejudice

Stolen from her mother at the age of two, O’Donoghue became a nationally admired leader and champion for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4, 2024

Indigenous rights trailblazer Lowitja O'Donoghue dies

Indigenous rights advocate Lowitja O'Donoghue, who was at the forefront of key changes to Aboriginal recognition, has died aged 91.

AAP · Feb 4, 2024

Lowitja O’Donoghue, celebrated campaigner for Aboriginal Australians, dies aged 91

A member of the stolen generations, the Yankunytjatjara leader was only reunited with her mother through a chance meeting 30 years later

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4, 2024

Influential Aboriginal rights campaigner remembered as 'figure of grace'

Influential leader Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue has died at age 91.

The Canberra Times · Feb 4, 2024

'We should be listening': the long history of Liberal innovation – and failure – on Indigenous policy

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the names and images of deceased people.

The Conversation · Oct 11, 2023