- Born
- 1929
Cummeragunja, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Author, Community worker and Aboriginal activist
- Alternative Names
- Morgan, Merle (maiden name)
Summary
Merle Jackomos, of Yorta Yorta descent, grew up at Cummeragunja, New South Wales. She was among the Cummeragunja people who walked off the station and crossed into Victoria in 1939. She married Alick Jackomos in 1951, and became involved with the Aborigines Advancement League of Victoria. She helped found the National Aboriginal and Islander Women’s Council of which she became Victorian vice-president, and the Northcote Aboriginal women’s refuge. In 1972 she was elected to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Council. She was later appointed director of Aboriginal Hostels Ltd, and in 1981 was elected to the National Aboriginal Conference, of which she remained a member until its abolition in 1985.
Sources used to compile this entry: Horton, David (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Vol. 1, Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS, Canberra, 1994, pp. 508-509.


