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Elizabeth Morgan-Hoffman Elizabeth Morgan-Hoffman i(A125103 works by) (birth name: Elizabeth Morgan) (a.k.a. Elizabeth Hoffman)
Born: Established: 10 Mar 1927 Cummeragunja Reserve (1881- 1940), Barmah, Nathalia - Barmah area, Yarrawonga - Cobram - Nathalia area, Northern Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Apr 2009
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Yorta Yorta / Yota Yota
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BiographyHistory

Elizabeth Morgan-Hoffman 'grew up at the Cummeragunja Reserve in New South Wales. She moved to Melbourne in 1971, and started to work with the Aborigines Advancement League (AAL) as Matron of the Gladys Mitchell Youth Hostel. She was ... President of the AAL ... until taking up employment with the League as Director in 1976. She was the Chairperson of the Aboriginal Legal Service ... and the Chairperson of the Aboriginal Housing Co-operative. She also worked with the National Aboriginal and Island Women's Council and the Women's Council at Echuca, and was a member of the Steering Committee of the Aboriginal Housing Board and of the local Aboriginal Land Council. She also worked as a Commissioner with the Aboriginal Development Commission. In the early 1970s, she co-founded the Elizabeth Hoffman House, Aboriginal women's refuge in Melbourne. ... She was one of the 250 women included in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women which was read out in Victoria's Parliament House on 7 May 2001.'

Source: The Australian Women's Register website, www.womenaustralia.info/ (Sighted 15/07/2009)

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Personal Awards

2006 Winner National NAIDOC Awards Lifetime Achievement
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