People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Wilson, Veronica

Birth

15 January, 1941
Point McLeay, South Australia, Australia

Death

3 May, 2007 (aged 66)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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.

• Indigenous Australian
• Kaurna
• Ngarrindjeri

Education

• Point McLeay (Raukkan) Mission Station
• Sturt Street Primary School (Adelaide)
• Unley Girls High School (Adelaide)
• Aboriginal Community College (Adelaide)

Occupation or Descriptor

• actor (film)
• cook
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• telephonist
• welfare worker

Awards

• NAIDOC South Australian Aboriginal Elder of the Year

Key Organisations

• Council for Aboriginal Women in South Australia
• South Australian Aboriginal Housing Advisory Council
• Adelaide Aboriginal Orchestra
• Aboriginal Sobriety Group of South Australia Inc
• Lartelare Glanville Land Action Group

Key Places

• Point McLeay (Raukkan) Mission Station
• Tanderra Girls' Home

Workplaces

• Postmaster-General’s Department (SA)
• Taperoo Primary School (SA)
• Kura Yerlo (Largs Bay)