Gracelyn Smallwood AM (born 1951) is a professor of nursing and midwifery at Central Queensland University. She is an Aboriginal Australian of Biri descent.[1][2]
Early life
editSmallwood was born in 1951 in Townsville, Queensland, of Biri descent.[2]
Nursing career
editSmallwood trained in general nursing, midwifery and psychiatric nursing at the Townsville Hospital.[2]
She was the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded a Masters of Science in public health from James Cook University.[1]
In 2016, she was appointed Professor of Nursing and Midwifery at Central Queensland University.[3]
Other roles
editSmallwood has been an advocate for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since 1968.[4]
On 15 January 2020, it was announced that Smallwood would be one of the members of the National Co-design Group of the Indigenous voice to government.[4]
Honours
editAwards and honours include:[4]
- Queensland Aboriginal of the Year in 1986
- Henry Kemp Memorial Award at the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in 1994
- Deadly Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Indigenous Health in 2007
- NAIDOC Person of the Year in 2014
- Member of the Order of Australia in 1992, for her service to Aboriginal Health and Welfare, and to public health, particularly HIV/AIDS.
Published works
edit- Smallwood, Gracelyn; Royal College of Nursing, Australia (1990), Aboriginal health by the year 2000, Royal College of Nursing, Australia, ISBN 978-0-909449-39-1
- Smallwood, Gracelyn (October 2011), Human rights and first Australians' well-being, retrieved 3 May 2018
- Smallwood, Gracelyn (2015), Indigenist critical realism : human rights and First Australians' well-being, Routledge, ISBN 978-1-138-81036-5
References
edit- ^ a b "Professor Gracelyn Smallwood AO: Board member, Townsville Hospital and Health Board". Queensland Health. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Kovacic, Leonarda; Lemon, Barbara (12 January 2009). "Smallwood, Gracelyn (1951 - )". The Australian Women's Register. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Nugent, Victoria (5 July 2016). "New era for Smallwood". Townsville Bulletin. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "National Co-design Group". Indigenous Voice. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
External links
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Media related to Gracelyn Smallwood at Wikimedia Commons