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Minmia Minmia i(A115132 works by) (a.k.a. Maureen Smith)
Born: Established: 1947 ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Wiradjuri
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BiographyHistory

'Minmia is a senior Aboriginal woman, educator, healer. She is a custodian of traditional women's lore/law of the Wiradjuri people of New South Wales... She was born to a Koori mother and a white father...

Minmia was instructed to pass down Wiradjuri women's lore/law to any women interested. For many years she taught at women's camps and gatherings where Indigenous elders, ordained women of different faiths, Indigenous women and non-Indigenous women attended.

Minmia is also an artist and her art works are held in private collections throughout the world.' Her uncle was Kevin Gilbert 

Source: Under the Quandong Tree (2007).

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