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June Oscar June Oscar i(8813431 works by)
Born: Established: 1962 Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Bunaba
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BiographyHistory

Translator June Oscar is a prominent community leader in the Kimberley, Western Australia, and Chairperson of the Bunuba Dwangarri Aboriginal Corporation. She obtained a Business degree from Notre Dame University, and is a director of Bunuba Films, and the CEO of Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre in Fitzroy Crossing.

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Personal Awards

2018 recipient National NAIDOC Awards — Person of the Year in recognition of her work as the first female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, and her advocacy for the rights of Indigenous women and children. 
2017 winner Australia's Local Hero — WA Local Hero
2016 winner Desmond Tutu Fellowship For her outstanding community health achievements in the Kimberley's Fitzroy Valley and influence in forging indigenous rights policy at all levels of government.
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Awards for Works

y Jandamarra Leederville : Prickly Pear Playscripts , 2008 Z1397771 2008 single work drama (taught in 2 units)

'Growing up just as the first pastoralists were cutting a swathe through his native lands, Jandamarra is one of Australia's great tragic heroes. Station child, angry young man, police tracker of his own people and finally inspirational leader of the most successful Indigenous resistance against white settlement, his life was lived on the jagged edge of change and uncertainty. This story belongs the the Bunuba people of the Kimberley-but it speaks to everyone. (Source: Publisher)
2006 shortlisted Patrick White Playwrights' Award
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