Faith bandler australian biography

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        1. Australian political activist and writer, was born in Tumbulgum in New South Wales, and named Ida Lessing Mussing, the second child in a family of eight.
        2. Faith Bandler (born September 27, , Tumbulgum, New South Wales, Australia—died February 13, , Sydney, New South Wales) was an.
        3. Faith Bandler AC MBE (27 September – 13 February ; née Ida Lessing Faith Mussing) was an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander and.
        4. Faith Bandler AC MBE was an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander and Scottish-Indian heritage.

          5. Faith Bandler (born September 27, , Tumbulgum, New South Wales, Australia—died February 13, , Sydney, New South Wales) was an....

          Faith Bandler

          Australian civil rights activist

          Faith Bandler

          AC MBE

          Bandler meeting with Gordon Bryant (left) and Prime Minister Harold Holt in the lead-up to the 1967 referendum

          Born(1918-09-27)27 September 1918
          Died13 February 2015(2015-02-13) (aged 96)
          SpouseHans Bandler
          ChildrenLilon Gretl Bandler, Peter Bandler
          Awards

          Faith BandlerAC MBE (27 September 1918 – 13 February 2015; née Ida Lessing Faith Mussing) was an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander and Scottish-Indian heritage.

          A campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders, she was best known for her leadership in the campaign for the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal Australians.

          She was made a member of the order of Australia in 1984, and a companion of the Order of Australia in 2009, after turning down an appointment to be a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1976.

          She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Maq