In an extraordinary life of service to her people, the Arrente/Amatjere woman was a veteran of more than 60 years in the Aboriginal struggle. 9News
one of their greatest warrior women with the passing of Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM. She was 85.
In 1953, as a teenager, she became the first Aboriginal female to star in a leading film role when director Charles Chauvel cast her inTo this day, people in the bush communities and town camps would playfully call her by that name: Jedda. As chancellor of the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education and through her support for remote schooling in language, she raised her voice to improve educational opportunities for Indigenous children everywhere.
During the emergency phase of the intervention, she travelled the country speaking out against the discriminatory measures.