Lowitja O'Donoghue | |
|---|---|
 O'Donoghue in 2013 | |
| Born | August 1932 |
| Died | 4 February 2024 (aged 91) Adelaide, South Australia |
| Other names | Lois Smart, Lois O'Donoghue |
| Known for | Public service |
| Spouse | Gordon Smart (died 1991) |
Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG (August 1932[a] – 4 February 2024), also known as Lois O'Donoghue and Lois Smart, was an Australian public administrator and Indigenous rights advocate. She was the inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) from 1990 to 1996. She is known for her work in improving the health and welfare of Indigenous Australians, and also for the part she played in the drafting of the Native Title Act 1993, which established native title in Australia.
O'Donoghue was the inaugural patron and namesake of the Lowitja Institute, a research institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing established in 2010, which in 2022 established the Lowitja O'Donoghue Foundation.
The Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration is held annually by the Don Dunstan Foundation, in her honour.
- ^ Rintoul 2020, pp. 40–41.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).