Carolyn Briggs

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Carolyn Briggs AM is a Yaluk-ut Weelam and Boon Wurrung elder, and the Boon Wurrung representative in the City of Port Phillip.[1] She is the founder and chair of the Boon Wurrung Foundation.[2][3] She was awarded the National Aboriginal Elder of the Year in 2011 by the National NAIDOC Committee. She was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2005.[4] She was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) as part of the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.[5][6]

Biography[]

Carolyn Briggs is the great-granddaughter of Louisa Briggs, who as a child was abducted by seal hunters before later returning to the Kulin nation with her husband, John Briggs, who also survived abduction.[7] Briggs was born in Melbourne.[8]

Briggs first attended Monash University in the 1970s, and completed her doctorate in philosophy (media and communications) at RMIT University in 2020.[9] In the 1970s, she opened the first Aboriginal child care service in the Dandenong Ranges.[10]

In 2005, she established the Boon Wurrung Foundation, to conduct cultural research, including for the restoration of the Boon Wurrung language.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "First Peoples local history and culture - The City of Port Phillip". www.portphillip.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ "Our Structure | Boon Wurrung Foundation". Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  3. ^ "N'arweet Dr Carolyn Briggs AM". Art, Design and Architecture. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  4. ^ "10th Anniversary Victorian Honour Roll of Women". Victorian Government Library Service. p. 26. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. ^ Webb, Carolyn (2019-06-09). "Elder, great-grandma, PhD student: Carolyn Briggs is a whirlwind". The Age. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  6. ^ "Ms Carolyn Maria Briggs". It's An Honour. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  7. ^ Latimore, Jack (July 3, 2018). "'A most resolute lady': the radical resistance of Indigenous women". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. ^ Editors (May 4, 2017). "Retracing history". Timeout. Retrieved 1 July 2021.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Carey, Adam (December 15, 2020). "Amazing': Three generations of Boon Wurrung women graduate together". The Age. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  10. ^ Paul, Margaret; Dunstan, Joseph (May 30, 2020). "Reconciliation efforts on Boon Wurrung land bring language, culture and stories to children". ABC.au. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "N'arweet Carolyn Briggs". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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