Jane Morrison Brief Biography Not one to blow my own trumpet, and preferring to work quietly in the background like a lot of other Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal friends and relations whose contributions to the Aboriginal rights movement go largely unrecognised, earlier versions of this website did not provide enough information about who I, the author, am. But recent requests for information about me, personal attacks, and the hacking of the original Facebook page related to this site, have led me to post the following information about myself. Ours is a multicultural family. My direct family tree includes English, Irish, Jamaican and Scottish ancestry. I have Pacific Islander nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, some of whom live in the Phillipines. A real ‘war baby’, I was born in Sydney during World War II. I have grown-up children. Yes, I am a grandmother. I have been a dedicated supporter of justice and equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ever since a close friend took me off to an Aboriginal rights demonstration in Garema Place, Civic Centre, Canberra in the early 1970s. I participated in Aboriginal land rights marches and the defence of the Aboriginal Embassy opposite Old Parliament House, Canberra in 1972 and have supported the Embassy over the years. As an old friend once said to me, ‘once you’re in “the movement” you’re in it for ever.’ My interest in researching the Aboriginal resistance movement began as an undergraduate Arts student at the Australian National University (ANU) in 1975, when I returned, at the age of 31, to earlier university studies, that had been interrupted through motherhood, work and illness. I graduated from ANU with a Bachelor of Arts with majors in Sociology and Aboriginal Studies. Among my tertiary and postgraduate qualifications are masters degrees in Education and Journalism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America (USA); a postgraduate Diploma in Professional Communication from the University of Canberra; and a Masters Degree in Environmental Law from ANU. From 1963 to 1977 and from 1983 to 2001, I was a public servant in the Australian … Continue reading About the Author