Sistas in the Struggle

Linda Coe

A Wiradjuri woman from Erambie Mission, Linda Coe was active in the Black Movement through the Aboriginal Embassy, community-controlled organisations, and Aboriginal women’s basketball. She later worked for over thirty years as an Aboriginal Education Officer in New South Wales.

Aileen Louisa Corpus

A Yawuru, Filipino, Irish, Nanggumiri/Wagiman and Mudburra/Gurindji woman, Aileen Corpus was active in the 1970s Black Movement through the Aboriginal Medical Service, Murawina, and National Black Theatre. She then built a career in public relations, journalism, cross-cultural training, and Aboriginal rights advocacy. She is also a poet, actor, and visual artist.

Alanna Doolan

A Wakka Wakka, Yeeman, and Tagalaka woman born on Palm Island, Alanna Doolan became the first secretary of the Aboriginal Legal Service in Sydney in 1970. She helped establish multiple significant Aboriginal activist and arts organisations. She participated in the Aboriginal Embassy and has had a lifelong involvement in Aboriginal land rights and international Indigenous advocacy.

Dulcie Flower AM

A Meriam nurse from Cairns, Dulcie Flower AM became active in Aboriginal rights and health advocacy through the Aborigines Progressive Association and FCAATSI. She was a founding member of the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern and later contributed widely to Indigenous health policy, education, governance, and international forums. She received major honours including an Order of Australia and a NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sandra McGinness

A Kungarakan and Torres Strait Islander woman, Sandra McGinness became active in Black Movement initiatives and protest actions, including the Aboriginal Medical Service and Aboriginal Embassy, after growing up in a prominent activist family. She later worked with Aboriginal organisations in housing, youth, arts, women’s services, and land rights advocacy.

Dr Bronwyn Penrith

A Wiradjuri and Yuin woman from Brungle Mission, Dr Bronwyn Penrith became a key Redfern Black Movement activist from 1968. She contributed to the development of Aboriginal community-controlled services, the Aboriginal Medical Service, and the Aboriginal Embassy. She later held leadership roles in Indigenous justice, women’s organisations, advisory bodies, and mediation, receiving an honorary doctorate in 2026.

Cilla Pryor

A Kunggandji and Juru woman, Cilla Pryor served in the Air Force before joining Redfern’s Aboriginal community-controlled movement in the early 1970s. She participated in the Aboriginal Embassy protests and worked with the Aboriginal Legal Service. She later returned to Townsville to help establish 4K1G radio and support land rights campaigns.

Ann Weldon AM

A Wiradjuri woman from Erambie Mission, Ann Weldon AM was a founding figure in Sydney’s Aboriginal community-controlled services, serving as the first female CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Service. Weldon established Aboriginal women’s sport and childcare organisations and held multiple leadership roles in land, housing, and representative bodies. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2025.

Dr Beth Muldoon

Dr Beth Muldoon is a non-Aboriginal historian and teacher living on unceded Wurundjeri Country. Her work focuses on grassroots Aboriginal self-determination struggles and developing anti-colonial research methodologies.

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