Rona Glynn

Rona Glynn
Born(1936-09-24)24 September 1936
Woodgreen Station, Northern Territory
Died4 January 1965(1965-01-04) (aged 28)
Years active1950–1964
Known forFirst Indigenous teacher and nurse in NT, Australia
Parents
  • Ron Price[a] (father)
  • Topsy Glynn (mother)
RelativesFreda Glynn (half-sister)
Erica Glynn (niece)
Warwick Thornton (nephew)

Rona Ellen Glynn (24 September 1936 – 4 January 1965), also known briefly as Rona Schaber after marriage, was the first Indigenous Australian school teacher and nurse in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. In 1965 she became the first Aboriginal woman to have a pre-school named in her honour in Australia.
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