Helen Milroy

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Helen Milroy AM is a consultant psychiatrist with the Western Australia Department of Health, specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry, and director of the Western Australian Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health. [1] She is recognised as the first Indigenous Australian to become a medical doctor. [2] She is also a storyteller who has written three books for children.

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Biography

Helen Milroy was born in Perth, and traces her ancestral lineage to the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Milroy studied medicine at the University of Western Australia, [3] becoming the country's first Indigenous medical doctor in 1983. [2] Milroy was later appointed as professor of child and adolescent psychiatry. [3]

Her sisters are artist and author Sally Morgan and professor Jill Milroy. [4] [5]

In 2013, Milroy was appointed as a commissioner to the Australian Government's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. [6]

In 2018, Milroy was appointed as the first Indigenous commissioner to the Australian Football League. [7]

Awards

In 2011, Milroy was awarded the "Sigmund Freud Award" by the World Congress of Psychiatry in recognition for her contributions as an Indigenous health professional. [8] In 2018, Milroy was the recipient of the 2018 Australian Indigenous Doctor of the Year Award by the Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association (AIDA). [9] She was named Western Australian of the Year in 2021. [10]

Milroy was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day Honours. [11]

Books

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References

  1. ↑ "W/Prof Helen Milroy". The University of Western Australia - UWA Staff Profile. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 The Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association, p. 4.
  3. 1 2 "Backyard Birds (Helen Milroy, Fremantle Press) | Books+Publishing".
  4. ↑ "Gladys Milroy: author of Dingo's Tree". AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource . 4 July 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sally Morgan: author of My Place". AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource . 20 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Commissioner Helen Milroy". Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. 20 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "League appoints first indigenous commissioner". www.afl.com.au.
  8. ↑ "Media release on World Congress for Psychotherapy". 22 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "AIDA Awards". Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association.
  10. ↑ "Meet the 2021 Australian of the Year finalists". ABC News. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Australia Day 2023 Honours: Full list". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "WA Premier's Book Awards shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Western Australian Premier's Book Awards shortlists announced". Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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