Alngindabu
Alngindabu (also known as Lucy McGinness) (1874? - 23 September 1961) was a female elder from Chapana, near the Finniss River in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] She spoke the Kungarakany language, a group whom the Europeans called the "Paperbark People".[1]
Early life[]
Trained as a domestic servant from childhood, Alngindabu was named Lucy by her white bosses. Around 1900, Alngindabu married Stephen Joseph McGuinness [sic]; they were to have five children—Bernard, John, Margaret, Valentine and Joseph—all of whom were baptized as Catholics.[1] Alngindabu's sons with her husband Stephen McGinness - Joe McGinness and both became prominent activists for Indigenous Australian rights in the 1930s.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Dewar, Mickey. Alngindabu (1874–1961). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Austin, Tony. McGinness, Valentine Bynoe (1910–1988). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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