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Mafi-Williams, Lorraine (1940–2001)

activist, story teller and filmmaker

Lorraine Mafi-Williams, reading from her book 'Spirit Song', 1993

Lorraine Mafi-Williams, reading from her book 'Spirit Song', 1993

photo taken by Bob Cummins

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Lorraine Mafi-Williams, reading from her book 'Spirit Song', 1993

Lorraine Mafi-Williams, reading from her book 'Spirit Song', 1993

photo taken by Bob Cummins

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Turnbull, Lorraine
Birth

8 August, 1940
Taree, New South Wales, Australia

Death

23 January, 2001 (aged 60)
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

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