Gracelyn Smallwood AM (born 1951) is a professor of nursing and midwifery at Central Queensland University. She is an Aboriginal Australian of Biri descent. [1] [2]
Gracelyn Smallwood AM (born 1951) is a professor of nursing and midwifery at Central Queensland University. She is an Aboriginal Australian of Biri descent. [1] [2]
Smallwood was born in 1951 in Townsville, Queensland, of Biri descent. [2]
Smallwood trained in general nursing, midwifery and psychiatric nursing at the Townsville Hospital. [2]
She was the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded a Masters of Science in public health from James Cook University. [1]
In 2016, she was appointed Professor of Nursing and Midwifery at Central Queensland University. [3]
Smallwood has been an advocate for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since 1968. [4]
On 15 January 2020, it was announced that Smallwood would be one of the members of the National Co-design Group of the Indigenous voice to government. [4]
Awards and honours include: [4]
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