M. M. Bennett (2 works by) (birth name: Mary Christison ) (a.k.a. Mary Montgomery Bennett )
Born: Established: 8 Jul 1881 London
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England
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United Kingdom (UK)
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Western Europe Europe ; Died: Ceased: 6 Oct 1961 Kalgoorlie Goldfields area Southeast Western Australia Western Australia
Gender: Female

BiographyHistory

"Bennett wrote The Australian Aboriginal as a Human Being (London, 1930) and substantial pamphlets on Aboriginal affairs between 1935 and 1957. She urged Aboriginal bodies to adopt an International Labor Office convention asserting the right of native peoples to independence." G. C. Bolton, H. J. Gibbney, 'Bennett, Mary Montgomerie (1881-1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp. 270-271.