• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE6426

Nicholls, Gladys

  • Lady
  • Birth name Bux, Gladys Naby Muriel
    Alternative birth name Bux, Gladys Navy Muriel
(1906 – 1981)
  • Born 21 October 1906, Cummeragunja Aboriginal station, New South Wales, Australia
  • Died 28 January 1981, Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
  • Occupation Aboriginal rights activist

Summary

Lady Gladys Nicholls was a prominent Aboriginal activist for the Aboriginal community in urban Melbourne from the 1940s to 1970s. Alongside her husband Pastor Doug Nicholls, Gladys was an inspiration to many.

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