Lilla watson biography of mahatma
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Lilla watson biography of mahatma
Lilla Watson
Australian artist-academic
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| Born | 1940 (age 84–85) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Institutions | University of Queensland |
Lilla Watson (born 1940) is a Murri (Indigenous Australian) visual artist, activist and academic working in the field of Women's issues and Aboriginal epistemology.
Early life and advocacy
Watson is a Gangulu woman who grew up in the Dawson River region of Central Queensland, her "Mother's Mother's country".[1] Watson moved to Brisbane in the late 1960s, and her and other members of her family became well known through their involvement in the Indigenous community.
Watson obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Queensland.
Aboriginal advocacy
After graduating from the University of Queensland, Watson worked at the university for ten years. In the last six years of her tenure at the university, Watson was a lecturer in Aboriginal Welfare Studies within the S