Lorna Fejo

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Lorna "Nanna Nungala" Fejo (born 14 June 1930) is a Warumungu woman named by the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, in his historic Apology to the Stolen Generations, on 13 February 2008.[1]

At four years of age, she was forcibly removed from her family and community at Tennant Creek. She never again saw her mother, who died before Fejo was able to leave institutional care.[2] Fejo was initially sent to The Bungalow (in Alice Springs), and was later sent to Methodist missions on Goulburn Island and then Croker Island.[2]

Fejo was allowed to leave the mission at age sixteen, to take a domestic job in Darwin.[2]

Since 1973 Fejo has been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[3]

In 1998 Fejo was given the Australian Medical Association's Best Individual Contribution to Healthcare in Australia Award, for her contribution as the coordinator of the Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture program in the Northern Territory.[4][5][6]

In 2000 Fejo was awarded the Centenary Medal, for services to the Aboriginal community.[7]

There is a brief biography of Fejo[8] on the Northern Territory Library's Territory Women website.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Maher, Katherine Jane (2016). After the Apology: Responsive Narratives and the 2008 Apology to Australia's Stolen Generations. p. 76.
  3. ^ "Mormon Grandmother Helps Australian Prime Minister Say "Sorry"". mormonnewsroom.org. 8 April 2008.
  4. ^ www.sjog.org.au http://www.sjog.org.au/portal/page?_pageid=415,408267&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Ms Lorna Fejo". It's An Honour. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  8. ^ Lorna, Fejo (30 November 1927). "Lorna "Nanna Nungala" Fejo". hdl:10070/218080. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Territory Stories: Territory Women". Territorystories.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 22 July 2018.


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