Natascha McNamara explained

Natascha Duschene McNamara (born 1935 in Clare, South Australia) is an Ngarrindjeri Australian academic, activist, and researcher.^[1] She co-founded the Aboriginal Training and Cultural Institute in Balmain, New South Wales and served as President of the Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society Ltd.Her affiliations include: Fellowship, Centre of Indigenous Development Education and Research, University of Wollongong (as Adjunct Senior Researcher); member, Australian Press Council; and Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Council.

Awards and honours

• Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil list), 3 June 1978^[2]
• Member of the Order of Australia (AM), 8 June 1992.^[2]

Sources

• Horton, David (editor), The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS, Canberra, 1994, 2 v. (p. xxxiii); Australian Press Council.

External links

• http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3572152
• http://www.presscouncil.org.au/
• http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0120b.htm

Notes and References

1. http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/3514/news0011.pdf AIATSIS Institute News
2. Web site: Land. Clare. 27 April 2009. Profile of Natascha Duschene McNamara. The Australian Women's Register. 15 August 2009.