Milestones of Aboriginal Women's Activism in Melbourne 1930s-1980s

This lecture argues for a wider view of the history of Aboriginal activism to encompass not only political aims but also those of health and social wellbeing. This form of activism was the special concern of Aboriginal women, who fought long and hard to protect the wellbeing of their families from the 1930s, and particularly through organisational activism from the 1960s onwards.