The TERRITORY activist, educator and artist Dr. Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM was named Senior Australian of the Year in 2021.
Dr. Ungunmerr Baumann AM of Daly River became the Northern Territory’s first fully qualified Aboriginal teacher in 1975 before becoming the principal of her home parish school.
She then went to schools in the Top End and worked as an art consultant for the NT Department of Education for the inclusion of art in Territory’s child rearing.
The 73-year-old was awarded the prestigious Senior Australian of the Year at a ceremony in Canberra tonight.
In addition to teaching, Dr. Ungunmerr Baumann continued to bridge the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians and advocate the independence of their people when she was appointed to the federal government’s National Indigenous Council, and in 2013 she founded the Miriam Rose Foundation.
In recognition of her leadership skills, she was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia Medal in 1998 and an Honorary Doctorate from Charles Darwin University in 2002.
« During her professional and creative life, Miriam-Rose has continued to be committed to upholding the cultural independence of her people and the spokesperson for the Aboriginal worldview, » said the jury.
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