‘I knew those things couldn’t sit in a box’: Lowitja O’Donoghue’s niece sheds new light on her extraordinary life
Adelaide show traces the incredible life journey of one of Australia’s most prominent Indigenous rights campaignersWarning: this story contains images of Indigenous Australians who have diedSorting through a deceased loved one’s belongings is rarely easy, but for the family of the trailblazing Lowitja O’Donoghue, who died last year aged 91, the task has been almost insurmountable.The late matriarch’s Adelaide home – which she described as a “gallery” – was a testament to her life’s work as one of the country’s most prominent Aboriginal leaders. Continue reading...
Adelaide show traces the incredible life journey of one of Australia’s most prominent Indigenous rights campaigners
- Warning: this story contains images of Indigenous Australians who have died
Sorting through a deceased loved one’s belongings is rarely easy, but for the family of the trailblazing Lowitja O’Donoghue, who died last year aged 91, the task has been almost insurmountable.
The late matriarch’s Adelaide home – which she described as a “gallery” – was a testament to her life’s work as one of the country’s most prominent Aboriginal leaders. Continue reading...
