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Thorpe, Marjorie
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Aboriginal child welfare worker and Aboriginal community worker
Born: Yallourn, Victoria, Australia

Marjorie Thorpe, a descendant of the Gunnai and Maar people of Southern Australia, was born and raised in Yallourn, Victoria. She was a director of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) and Coordinator of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC). She also held the positions of Victorian Co-Commissioner for the Stolen Generations Inquiry and Council member for the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.

 
Sources used to compile this entry: Briskman, Linda. The Black Grapevine: Aboriginal Activism and the Stolen Generations, The Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, 2003, p. 20.
 
Published Resources

Books

  • Pepper, Phillip and T. de Araugo, What did happen to the Aborigines of Victoria, vol. 1, Hyland House, Melbourne, 1985. [ Details... ]

See also

  • Briskman, Linda, The Black Grapevine: Aboriginal Activism and the Stolen Generations, The Federation, Annandale, NSW, 2003, 213 pp. [ Details... ]
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