Natascha McNamara

Natascha Duschene McNamara
Born	1935 (age 80–81) Clare, South Australia, Australia
Nationality	Ngarrindjeri Australian
Occupation	Academic, researcher
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Order of Australia

Natascha Duschene McNamara, MBE, AM (born 1935 in Clare, South Australia) is an Ngarrindjeri Australian academic, activist, and researcher.^[1]

Career

McNamara co-founded the Aboriginal Training and Cultural Institute in Balmain, New South Wales and served as President of the Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society Ltd.

Affiliations

• Fellowship, Centre of Indigenous Development Education and Research, University of Wollongong (as Adjunct Senior Researcher).
• Member, Australian Press Council
• Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Council

Honours

• Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil list), 3 June 1978^[2]
• Member of the Order of Australia (AM), 8 June 1992.^[2]

Sources

• Horton, David (editor), The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS, Canberra, 1994, 2 v. (p. xxxiii); Australian Press Council.

External links

• http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3572152
• http://www.presscouncil.org.au/
• http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0120b.htm

References

1. AIATSIS Institute News November, 2000. Retrieved 23 July 2009
2. Land, Clare (27 April 2009). "Profile of Natascha Duschene McNamara". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 15 August 2009.