Occupation Educator and author | ||
Born 20 May 1932 (age 84) ( 1932-05-20 ) Laverton, Western Australia Alma mater Claremont Teachers College People also search for Angela Leaney, Alwyn Evans, Alwyn Evan Books The Legend of the Seve, Badudu Stories, The Bawoo Stories: Teaching, How Crows Became Black, Why the Emu Can't Fly | ||
May Lorna O'Brien BEM (born 20 May 1932) is an Australian educator and author.
Born in Laverton, Western Australia, at the age of five she was removed to the Mount Margaret Aboriginal Mission. In 1953, she received her Teacher's Certificate at Claremont Teachers College. She was the first known Aboriginal woman in Western Australia to graduate from a tertiary institution. After teaching for 25 years she moved into education policy, working for the Western Australian Ministry of Education and the Aboriginal Education Branch.
She was awarded the British Empire Medal on 31 December 1977 for work in Aboriginal education. For this she was also awarded the John Curtin Medal. She was a delegate for Australia at the United Nations Conference on Women in Denmark in 1980.
Her publications include: