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Ellie Gaffney (1932–2007) grew up on Thursday Island and Cape York Peninsula. She trained as a nurse and worked in various hospitals in Brisbane, Darwin and Thursday Island. When, despite her better qualification, a white male nurse got a job instead of her, she gave up her nursing career and became a campaigner and advocate for improving Torres Strait Islander conditions. Ellie was a founding member of the Mura Kosker Sorority, the Torres Strait Islander Media Association and Star of the Sea Home for the Aged. Her books include Somebody Now (Aboriginal Studies Press, 1989) and Mura Solwata Kosher: We Saltwater Women (Verdant House, 2007), and her autobiographical essay ‘Determination to Succeed’ was published in In Our Own Right: Black Aus ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 13 ratings · 1 review · 4 distinct works

	Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia: A Groundbreaking Collection of Torres Strait Islander Voices, Past and Present by Samantha Faulkner (editor), Lenora Thaker (Contributor), Thomas Mayo (Contributor) 4.12 avg rating — 104 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Somebody now: The autobiography of Ellie Gaffney, a woman of Torres Strait really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Our Own Right: Black Australian Nurses' Stories by Faye Ryan, Kerrynne Liddle (Editor), Sadie Canning (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mura Solwata Kosker: We Saltwater Women it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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