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Australian Women
Biographical entry
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Miller, Sandy |
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| Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Aboriginal activist | |
| Born: Australia |
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Sandy Miller is an Aboriginal child welfare worker. She worked for the Department of Community Welfare in Adelaide in the early 1980s, endeavouring to change legislation and policies that were detrimental to Aboriginal children. She also tried to encourage Aboriginal people to become foster parents. | |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Briskman, Linda. The Black Grapevine: Aboriginal Activism and the Stolen Generations, The Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, 2003, p. 78. | |
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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/AWE1221b.htm |