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Eve Mumewa D. Fesl Eve Mumewa D. Fesl i(A25153 works by) (birth name: Evelyn Serico)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Gubbi Gubbi / Kabi Kabi / Gabi Gabi ; Aboriginal Gangulu / Kanolu
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BiographyHistory

Eve Fesl is a member of the Gubbi Gubbi clan (maternal) and the Gangulu clan (paternal). She grew up on a sheep station in south-west Queensland. Although Fesl dropped out of education in primary school she went on to become the first Indigenous Australian to receive a PhD from an Australian university (in 1989). She also holds an honours degree in anthropology and a graduate diploma in international law

A champion athlete, she represented Queensland, Victoria and Australia in discus and sprinting.

Fesl has served as a lecturer in the Oodgeroo Unit, Queensland University of Technology; the Director of the Aboriginal Research Centre, Monash University; Senior Lecturer at the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education; Associate Professor at Griffith University. Her field of expertise is in providing Indigenous language education programmes to Indigenous school children.

Fesl has also been a strong advocate for land rights, especially in regards to the proposed Traveston Dam.

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