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Thomas, Jenny |
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| Aboriginal health worker and Child Welfare Worker | |
| Born: Australia |
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Jenny Thomas is an Aboriginal child care and health worker. She held the position of Director, Special Services Section, with the Office of Child Care at the time the Aboriginal Child Care Agencies (ACCAs) were in the process of formation. She later became Assistant Secretary of the Health Outcomes Branch of the Department of Health and Family Services in Canberra. | |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Briskman, Linda. The Black Grapevine: Aboriginal Activism and the Stolen Generations, The Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, 2003, pp. 176-7. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 14 November 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1210b.htm |