Lynette Nixon (human rights advocate)

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Lynette Nixon is an Australian human rights advocate, author, and community leader. A Gunggari woman from south-west Queensland, she is recognised for her advocacy for education, traditional language, reconciliation, health, housing, and legal services for Aboriginal communities.

Advocacy[edit]

Nixon was involved in establishing the Aboriginal Housing Company in 1979, serving as president, vice-president, and a committee member for many years.[1] She developed educational resources for Aboriginal studies and introduced a language program into primary schools as a language worker for the Kombumerri Aboriginal Corporation.[1]

Nixon is one of the authors of Binang Goonj – Bridging Cultures in Aboriginal Health, a textbook on improving the education of doctors and nurses on Aboriginal health and cultural competency.[2]

Nixon is the director of the Gunggari Native Title Aboriginal Corporation and the founding member and Gunggari representative on the Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations (NBAN) Committee.[1] She is a storyteller and a cultural keeper of knowledge for the Gunggari people.[3]

Nixon, a founding member of Queensland Murray–Darling Committee's Regional Aboriginal Advisory Group (RAAG), launched the Queensland Murray–Darling Committee 'Reconciliation Action Plan – Innovate' at Goondiwindi in 2018.[4]

Works[edit]

  • Eckermann, Anne-Katrin; Nixon, Lynette (2015), A place called home : the Gunggari struggle for land: a native title case study, Mt Ommaney, Qld. Cross Cultural Consultants Pty Ltd, ISBN 978-0-9942973-0-3
  • Nixon, Lynette; Mailman, Dell (1999), Jurdis (Totems), UNE, retrieved 9 August 2018
  • Nixon, Lynette (2000), The tiger snake (tiger bumbarra), Nalingu Aboriginal Corp, retrieved 9 August 2018
  • Nixon, Lynette; Mailman, Dell (1999), The emu (nurinj), UNE, retrieved 9 August 2018
  • Gray, Roy; Nixon, Lynette; Chong, Ena (1994), "Binang Goonj: Bridging Cultures in Aboriginal Health", Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 18 (1): 14–18, ISSN 1037-3403
  • Eckerman, Anne-Katrin; Dowd, Toni; Nixon, Lynette; Goolburri ATSIC Regional Council (1992), A report on the health needs of Aboriginal people in south west Queensland, November 1992, Goolburri ATSIC Regional Council, retrieved 9 August 2018
  • Eckermann, Anne-Katrin (2010), Binan Goonj : bridging cultures in Aboriginal health (3rd ed.), Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-7295-3936-4

Awards[edit]

  • 2008 Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Award "Myalla Booboghun" Big Talking Women[1]
  • 2018 NAIDOC Awards - Female Elder of the Year[1][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "NAIDOC Awards: Aunty Lynette Nixon wins Female Elder of the Year". NITV. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ Eckermann, Anne-Katrin (2010), Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health (3rd ed.), Churchill Livingstone, ISBN 978-0-7295-3936-4
  3. ^ "Aunty Lynette Nixon". www.naidoc.org.au. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "News – Traditional Owners embrace reconciliation plan – Queensland Murray-Darling Committee". Queensland Murray-Darling Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. ^ Prime Minister and Cabinet (16 July 2018). "National NAIDOC 2018 Award Winners". www.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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