Talk:Lowitja O'Donoghue

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I hope I haven't tread on any toes by moving this, but it's generally the practice to use the most common name, and these days, she almost always appears to be referred to as Lowjita, rather than Lois. Ambi 12:50, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Personal Life
"Her father was a stockman of Irish descent while she was living as a member of the Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal tribe of northwest South Australia", this sentence doesnt seem too comprehensible after the "while", and I just dont understand how to redraft it! Does the author mean that Lowitja was living as a member of the tribe? Lilaac (talk) 00:23, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I understood it going thru the page history..Lilaac (talk) 00:25, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

The following statement is not referenced and is pretty contentious. 'Her parents were concerned for the welfare and education of their children in such an isolated location as Granite Downs where there was no school, and at an early age the children were taken by their parents to the United Aborigines' Mission in Oodnadatta run by the Baptist Church.' Lowijta has consistently said that she though her father took the children to the mission, and without her mother's informed consent. These circumstances and the depth of the grief it caused Lowijte's mother is explained in Robert Manne, 'In Denial: the stolen generations and the right', The Australian Quarterly essay, Schwartz publishing, Melbourne, Issue 1, 2001, pp 1-4.115.130.1.125 (talk) 03:26, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

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New major source for article expansion
Stuart Rintoul's new, authorised biography "Lowija" should make excellent material for the expansion of this article. --Danimations (talk) 23:48, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Which school ?
Rintoul's biography may clear up a small discrepancy. References have been found to O'Donoghue attending not Unley Girls High School, but Unley Girls' Technical High School, a fee-paying school to Intermediate grade in the 1950s, located in Wattle Street, off Unley Road, and offered a choice of technical and commercial subjects.

Notable students include Lois (later Lowitja) O'Donohue, Doris Kartinyeri (perhaps), and other part-Aboriginal girls from Colebrook Home and Tanderra Aboriginal Hostel at Parkside. Many graduates went on to training as nurses at the RAH. The school was subsumed by Mitcham Girls' Technical High School. Doug butler (talk) 13:16, 28 September 2023 (UTC) Doug butler (talk) 13:16, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps relevant are references   to an Amy O'Donoghue, of similar age and background. Doug butler (talk) 20:45, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Amy = Lowitja's sister, per Rintoul. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:54, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

1995 U.N. International Year of Tolerance
As the then Chair of the ATSIC, Lois O'Donoghue was invited by the Federal Government to launch Australia's IYT activities in 1995 at the National Gallery, Canberra. See - https://consumer.licensing-publishing.nine.com.au/archive/Lowitja-O-Donoghue-launched-the-International-Year-of-Tolerance--Canberra--1995-2ITPN47J4QJE.html 2001:8003:1C0E:0:E1D7:909F:6122:6985 (talk) 04:47, 4 February 2024 (UTC)