Eileen Kampakuta Brown | |
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Born | 1 January 1938 |
Nationality | Australian |
Organization | Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta |
Awards | Goldman Environmental Prize (2003) |
Eileen Kampakuta Brown AM (born 1 January 1938) is an Aboriginal elder from Australia. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003 [1] together with Eileen Wani Wingfield, for their efforts to stop governmental plans for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia's desert land, and for protection of their land and culture. [2] [3]
Brown, Wingfield and other elder women formed the Cooper Pedy Women's Council ( Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta) in 1995. [2]
As a child Brown often had to hide from government officials, who had a policy of removing biracial children from their families and sending them to institutions. [4] In 2000 she and Eileen Wani Wingfield published 'Down the Hole, a children's book based on their experiences of hiding from the authorities. [5]
Eileen Kampakuta Brown | |
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Born | 1 January 1938 |
Nationality | Australian |
Organization | Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta |
Awards | Goldman Environmental Prize (2003) |
Eileen Kampakuta Brown AM (born 1 January 1938) is an Aboriginal elder from Australia. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003 [1] together with Eileen Wani Wingfield, for their efforts to stop governmental plans for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia's desert land, and for protection of their land and culture. [2] [3]
Brown, Wingfield and other elder women formed the Cooper Pedy Women's Council ( Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta) in 1995. [2]
As a child Brown often had to hide from government officials, who had a policy of removing biracial children from their families and sending them to institutions. [4] In 2000 she and Eileen Wani Wingfield published 'Down the Hole, a children's book based on their experiences of hiding from the authorities. [5]