Life Summary - Mona Ngitji Ngitji Tur - Indigenous Australia

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Life Summary

Name	Mona Ngitji Ngitji Tur
Alternative Names	Mona Kennedy
Born	15 July, 1936 Hamilton Bore, South Australia, Australia
Died	28 May, 2011 (aged 74) Largs Bay, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Antikirinya Arrernte Indigenous Australian Irish Scottish Yankunytjatjara Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Oodnadatta School (student, 1943-1950) Aborigines Inland Mission Bible Training College (Singleton, NSW) (student, 1956-1958)
Occupation or Descriptor *	domestic servant (1950-1960) South Australia, Australia cook (1958-1968) South Australia, Australia poet (1970-1980) South Australia, Australia poet (1970-2010) South Australia, Australia short story writer (1970-2010) South Australia, Australia interpreter (1973-2010) South Australia, Australia language teacher (1973-2010) South Australia, Australia cultural storyteller (1990-2010) South Australia, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1990-2000) South Australia, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (2010-2010) South Australia, Australia
Mission/Reserve *	Oodnadatta Children's Home (resident, 1947-1950)
Key Organisations *	Carclew (artist in residence)
Political Activism *	Irati Wanti (The Poison, Leave It) (campaigner, 1998-2004)
Workplaces *	Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (SA) (interpreter) Seaforth Home (Somerton, SA) (employee) Oodnadatta Children's Home (employee, 1954-1955) Colebrook Children's Home (SA) (employee, 1955-1955) Gerard Mission (employee, 1955-1955) Campbell House Farm School (Meningie, SA) (employee, 1958) Stuart House Boys’ Hostel (SA) (employee, 1964-1968) University of Adelaide (employee, 1973)

* Dates are approximate