Essie Coffey
Essie Coffey | |
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| Born | Essieina Shillingsworth[1] 25 February 1941 near Goodooga in northern New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 3 January 1998 (aged 56) |
| Other names | Bush Queen of Brewarrina, Essieina Goodgabah (tribal name) [2] |
Essie Coffey
Her family avoided forced relocation to an Aboriginal reserve by following seasonal rural work.
Coffey co-founded the Western Aboriginal Legal Service and the Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Museum in
She was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on 10 June 1985, for service to the Aboriginal community. She was nominated for an MBE but refused it, explaining "I knocked the MBE back because I'm not a member of the British Empire".
Coffey was also an active filmmaker.
Essie Coffey and her husband, Albert "Doc" Coffey, raised 8 children and adopted 10 more.[3]
References
- ^ "About Essie Coffey, OAM". Essie Coffey, affectionately known as Bush Queen, was born Essieina Shillingsworth near Goodooga, N.S.W. Ballad Films Website. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0454004370.
- ^ a b "Martyrs in The Struggle for Justice". Australia looses Bush Queen of Brewarrina. The Koorie History Website. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ "About Essie Coffey OAM". Ballad Films. 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- S2CID 203486856.
External links
- Coffey, Essie at The Australian Women's Register (archive)
- De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984 (1980), Portrait of Essie Coffey [2] [picture] / Hazel De Berg
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Coffey, Essiena (Essie) at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
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