Life Summary

Name	Lowitja O'Donoghue
Alternative Names	Lois O'Donoghue
Born	1 August, 1932 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Australia
Died	4 February, 2024 (aged 91) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Yankunytjatjara Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Unley Technical High School (student, 1944-1947)
Occupation or Descriptor *	domestic servant (1948-1949) South Australia, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1948-2024) South Australia, Australia nurse (general) (1950-1970) South Australia, Australia Indigenous leader (1965-2024) South Australia, Australia public servant (1970-2000) Federal, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1976) Australian of the Year (recipient, 1984) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1999) Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Vatican) (recipient, 2005)
Legacies *	Lowitja Institute (eponym, 2010)
Key Organisations *	Colebrook Children's Home (SA) (resident, 1932-1948) National Aboriginal Conference (founding chair, 1977) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Commission (chair, 1990)
Social Issues *	stolen child (victim, 1932)
Workplaces *	Royal Adelaide Hospital (nurse, 1950-?)

* Dates are approximate

Obituaries Australia