People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• McEachern, Diane Elizabeth

Birth

29 April, 1938
Vancouver, Canada

Death

4 April, 1986 (aged 47)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cause of Death

stroke

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Canadian

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic

Education

• Australian National University

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• anthropologist
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter

Legacies

• Diane Barwick St (Franklin, ACT)

Key Organisations

• Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
• Aboriginal Treaty Committee

Key Places

• Coranderrk Station (Vic)

Workplaces

• Australian National University (anthropology)
• Aboriginal History
• Australian National University (history)