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Nov 22, 1921 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia Died on 28 Apr 1998 (aged 76)
Australian activist
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About Mum Shirl
- Coleen Shirley Perry Smith AM MBE (22 November 1921 – 28 April 1998), better known as Mum Shirl, was a prominent Wiradjuri woman, social worker and humanitarian activist committed to justice and welfare of Aboriginal Australians.
- She was a founding member of the Aboriginal Legal Service, the Aboriginal Medical Service, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, the Aboriginal Children’s Service and the Aboriginal Housing Company in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney.
- During her lifetime she was recognised as an Australian National Living Treasure.
