Constance Doreen Bush MBE (1919 – 1997) was an Australian aboriginal health worker.[1][2]

Bush was born in 1919 at Borroloola. Her mother, Norah, was a Garrwa and her father, Tom Turner, was a mounted police constable.[1]

A street in Alyangula, Northern Territory, is named in her honour.[3]

Bush was appointed MBE in the 1981 Birthday Honours "for services to Aboriginal women".[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bush, Constance (Connie) Doreen". The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bush, Constance (Connie) Doreen". The Australian Women's Register. National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Map of Connie Bush St Alyangula, NT 0885". www.whereis.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "No. 48640". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1981. p. 38.


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