People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Loban, Ellie Joan

Birth

18 August, 1932
Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia

Death

13 October, 2007 (aged 75)
Thursday Island, Queensland, 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
• Indonesian
• Torres Strait Islander

Education

• Thursday Island State School for Coloured Children
• Royal Brisbane Hospital
• Queensland Institute of Technology

Occupation or Descriptor

• autobiographer/memoirist
• hospital matron (general)
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• midwife
• nurse (general)
• social welfare advocate

Awards

• Member of the Order of Australia

Mission/Reserve

• Injinoo (Cowal Creek) Aboriginal Mission
• Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve

Key Organisations

• Island Coordinating Council (Qld)
• ABC Queensland Advisory Council
• Torres Strait Co-operative Society
• Torres Strait Islander Media Association
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Mura Kosker Sorority

Workplaces

• Royal Brisbane Hospital
• Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital
• Thursday Island Hospital
• Aboriginal Hostels Ltd
• Dept of Social Security (federal)