Alma Thorpe | |
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Born | Alma Beryl Brown[1] 1935 (age 88–89) |
Occupation(s) | Aboriginal elder and activist |
Known for | co-founded the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service |
Alma Beryl Thorpe (born 1935), also known as Aunty Alma Thorpe, is an Australian Aboriginal elder and activist. In 1973 she co-founded the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS), together with her mother, Edna Brown, and Bruce McGuinness.