Lisa Bellear | |
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 Publicity photo from The University of Queensland Press[1] | |
| Born | 2 May 1961 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died | 5 July 2006 (aged 45) Melbourne, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Poetry, Photography |
Lisa (Marie) Bellear (2 May 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria – 5 July 2006 in Melbourne) was an Indigenous Australian poet, photographer, activist, spokeswoman, dramatist, comedian and broadcaster.[2] She was a Goenpul woman of the Noonuccal people of Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island), Queensland. Her uncles were Bob Bellear, Australia's first Indigenous judge, and Sol Bellear who helped to found the Aboriginal Housing Corporation in Redfern in 1972.
Bellear was adopted into a white family as a baby and was told she had Polynesian heritage.[3] As an adult she explored her Aboriginal roots.[4]
Bellear died unexpectedly at her home in Melbourne. She was 45 years old. She was buried at Mullumbimby cemetery.[2]
- ^ "Author Lisa Bellear". The University of Queensland Press. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ a b "An inspiring, dynamic warrior woman". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Winkler, Michael (7 July 2004). "Till many voices shake us". Melbourne: The Age, 7 July 2004.
- ^ Roberta Sykes, 'The Stolen Generation', in American Book Review, vol.18 no.4 May–June 1997, pp 8-9.