Ellie Joan Gaffney (1932–2007)
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Trove search
- obituary, Torres News (Thursday Island), 31 October 2007, p 16
Citation details
'Gaffney, Ellie Joan (1932–2007)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/gaffney-ellie-joan-34322/text, accessed 2 July 2025.
Sister Ellie Gaffney, 1974
National Archives of 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.
Education
- Thursday Island State School for Coloured Children
- Injinoo (Cowal Creek) Aboriginal Mission
- 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
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