People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• O'Donoghue, Lois

Birth

c. 1 August, 1932
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Australia

Death

4 February, 2024 (aged 91)
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.

• Yankunytjatjara
• Pitjantjatjara
• Irish

Education

• Quorn Primary School
• Unley Technical High School
• South Coast District Hospital (Victor Harbour, SA)
• Royal Adelaide Hospital

Occupation or Descriptor

• domestic servant
• Indigenous leader
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• nurse (general)
• public servant
• welfare worker

Awards

• Member of the Order of Australia
• Australian of the Year
• National Living Treasure (Australia)
• Companion of the Order of Australia
• Olympic Order (silver)
• Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Vatican)

Key Events

• Olympic Games (Sydney, 2000)
• referendum on Indigenous rights (1967)

Legacies

• Lowitja Institute

Key Organisations

• Aboriginal Development Commission
• National Aboriginal Conference
• National Aborigines Day Observance Committee
• Colebrook Children's Home (SA)
• Aborigines Advancement League (SA)
• Council of Aboriginal Women of South Australia
• Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (SA)
• Aboriginal Hostels Ltd
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Commission
• Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
• Republic Advisory Committee
• Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
• Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund

Social Issues

• stolen child

Workplaces

• South Coast District Hospital (Victor Harbour, SA)
• Royal Adelaide Hospital
• Australian Baptist Mission (Assam, India)
• Repatriation General Hospital (Adelaide)
• Dept of Aboriginal Affairs (SA)
• Dept of Aboriginal Affairs (federal)