Jean Aileen Little




For the Australian actor and entertainment personality, see Jeanne Little.









































Jean Aileen Little


OAM


Jean Little OAM, Director on the Board of Directors of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia in 2012 speaking to ABC radio in Canberra.jpg
Jean Little OAM, Director on the Board of Directors of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia in 2012 speaking to ABC radio in Canberra

Native name
Gaarkamunda
Born 1941 (age 76–77)
Nationality Australian
Other names Jean Jans, Jean Ling
Alma mater St. Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
Occupation Nurse, Public Servant, Aboriginal Affairs Activist
Home town Mapoon
Awards Medal of the Order of Australia

Jean Aileen Little OAM,[1] née Ling (also known as Jean Jans from her first marriage) is an Australian Aboriginal leader and community advocate from Mapoon in the Far North Queensland. In 1997 the then Governor of Queensland, Leneen Forde, awarded Little the Medal of the Order[1] of Australia for her services to Aboriginal health and community services.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Community advocacy


  • 4 Awards and honours


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Background


Little was born in 1941 at the Presbyterian Mission in the small Aboriginal community of Mapoon in the Western Cape of Cape York Peninsular. Mapoon was a former Mission town but prior to the 'Burning of Mapoon'[2][3][4] Little with her family moved to the Torres Strait island of Thursday Island. From there she left to Melbourne, Victoria after having successfully completed her nursing training at St. Andrew's War Memorial Hospital in Brisbane[5] (for which, in 1966, she won a study scholarship from then Queensland Peanut Marketing Board and Trans Australian Airlines).



Career


Little is known for her extensive community work in the health, as a consultant on Cultural Awareness across the corporate sector, advocacy against deaths in custody and involvement within politics in relation to Indigenous Affairs. Little has also worked in a number of public service positions including the Canberra Institute for Criminology, Department of Community Services and the Department of Health & Ageing. She is also a former Executive Officer of Mapoon Shire Council.[6]


Little is a Life Member of the now closed Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) Australia's peak body in alcohol and substance abuse & misuse research, and in 2012 she was elected by her peers to be the first Aboriginal woman to sit on the Board of Directors.[7] In 2005 she was an ambassador to the 25th International Montessori Congress in Sydney.[8]



Community advocacy


Little currently sits on a number of community led committees who advocate against the use of excessive force from Police Officers on prison or watch-house inmates. She also sits on the Thancoupie Bursary Fund committee,[9] a bursary in honour of late Queenslander[10] and celebrated Australian ceramicist Dr Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James AO.[11] Little is a former Chair of the Cape York District Health Council, now known as the Cape York Hospital and Health Service Board.[12] She was also one of the original signatories of the Western Cape Communities Co-existence Agreement[13] (also known as the Western Cape Communities Trust), and was also one of the original signatories from the Tjungundji tribe of Mapoon for the DOGIT or Deed of Grant in Trust agreement, which enabled local Aboriginal people in communities to manage traditional land and receive royalties/reparations for mining activities.



Awards and honours


In 1995, Little received a local "Citizen of the Year" award. Little is a Life Member of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia. In 1997 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her work in Aboriginal health and the community.


In 2011 Little, also a writer & poet,[14] was selected as one of Queensland's State Finalists for the National Poetry Slam. She performed at the State Finals at the State Library of Queensland.


In 2013 Little was awarded the Queensland's Speaker's Inspiring Women Award for the electorate Queensland state electorate of Barron River.[15]


In 2014 Ms Little was announced as one of the state finalists for the 2015 Queensland Australian of the Year Awards in the Senior Australian of the Year division.[16][17]




Little performing as a Queensland State Finalist at the State Finals for the National Poetry Slam in 2011 at the State Library of Queensland.



References





  1. ^ ab "Search Australian Honours - Advanced Search: Jans, Jean Aileen". It's an Honour: Australia Celebrating Australians. Commonwealth of Australia 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Mapoon History". Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council. http://www.mapoon.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)


  3. ^ "Mapoon: the burning of a community". Solidarity Magazine #7 - Rudd pushed Howard's policies. Solidarity.net.au. September 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  4. ^ Ganter, Regina. "Mapoon (1891-1919)". German Missionaries in Queensland. Griffith University. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  5. ^ "St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital". Uchealth.com.au. September 27, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  6. ^ Smith, Wayne (November 8, 1999). "State gives council status to township it tried to destroy". The Courier-Mail. Trudy and Rod Bray. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  7. ^ "Governance". ADCA. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  8. ^ Little, Jean Aileen (July 2005). "25th International Montessori Congress Papers" (PDF). Jean Aileen Little OAM. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  9. ^ http://www.thancoupiebursary.com


  10. ^ "2008 Queensland Greats recipients | About Queensland and its government | Queensland Government". Qld.gov.au. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  11. ^ "Thancoupie (Thanakupi) the Potter (1937-2011) « Inside the collection – Powerhouse Museum". Powerhousemuseum.com. May 16, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  12. ^ "Home Page - Cape York Hospital and Health Service". Health.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  13. ^ "WCCCA | our country...our future". Westerncape.com.au. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  14. ^ "Member Bios | Tropical Writers Inc". Tropicalwriters.com. November 24, 2012. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.


  15. ^ http://michaeltrout.com.au/PrintArticle.asp?Id=128


  16. ^ http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2014/10/7/finalists-praised-in-the-queensland-australian-of-the-year-awards


  17. ^ http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&recipientID=1170




External links



  • "ADCA (Home Page)". The Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia. Retrieved October 2, 2013.



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