Roughsey, Elsie (1923-)

Also known as
Labumore (1923-)
Roughsey, Labumu (1923-)
Field of activity
Aboriginal community worker, Aboriginal health worker, Educator and Writer
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35254341
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-492576

Biographies

Elsie Roughsey (Labumore), of Lardil descent, was born on Mornington Island in Queensland. She was taken from her parents and placed in the local mission school at the age of eight. She stayed there until World War Two, not knowing that her own brother and sister were living in the same dormitory. When the missionaries were evacuated during the war, she returned to her family and lived in the bush learning Lardil customs. In 1946 Elsie married Dick Roughsey, then a stockman but later an artist and author. She worked as a nursing aide, teacher’s assistant and voluntary community worker on Mornington Island. In 1984 she published her autobiography, which became a best seller, and her visits to southern capitals to promote it attracted widespread media interest. She continues living on the island where she is an authority on local history and a famed maker of cottonwood dolls.

View the full record at Australian Women's Register

Resources for Elsie Roughsey

Selected resources (2)

Australian Women's Register

  1. An Aboriginal mother tells of the old and the new
    Roughsey, Elsie (ed. P. Memmott & R. Horsman)
    [1984]
    Published: McPhee Gribble/Penguin
  2. The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture
    Horton, David
    [1994]
    Published: Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS

Resources by Elsie Roughsey (5)

  1. The sweetness of the fig : Aboriginal women in transition / Virginia Huffer with the collaboration of Elsie Roughsey and other women at Mornington Island
    Huffer, Virginia
    [ Book : 1980 ]
    At 68 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 18.954)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 18.954)

  2. The turkey and the emu / text by Labamu Roughsey as told to Ted Egan ; illustrations by Goobalathaldin Roughsey
    Roughsey, Elsie, 1923-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1978 ]
    At 38 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.501)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.501)

  3. An aboriginal mother tells of the old and the new / Elsie Roughsey
    Roughsey, Elsie, 1923-
    [ Sound : 1986 ]
    At Vision Australia
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.882)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.882)

  4. Wurrpan̲ ga Buwat̲a / translated into the Gupapuyngu language [by] Mätjarra from the story by Labamu & Goobalathaldin Roughsey ; illustrations [by] Wulwul
    Roughsey, Elsie, 1923-
    [ Book : 1982 ]
    Languages: Australian languages
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.165)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.165)

  5. The turkey and the emu
    Roughsey, Elsie, 1923-
    [ Sound : 1990 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.668)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.668)

Resources about Elsie Roughsey (4)

  1. [Biographical cuttings on Elsie Roughsey, author, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.335)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.335)

  2. Writing from the fringe : a study of modern Aboriginal literature / Mudrooroo Narogin
    Mudrooroo, 1938-
    [ Book : 1989-1990 ]
    At 94 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.107)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.107)

  3. An aboriginal mother tells of the old and the new / Elsie Roughsey
    Roughsey, Elsie, 1923-
    [ Sound : 1986 ]
    At Vision Australia
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.814)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.814)

  4. Aboriginal women's autobiographical writing / Eleanor Hogan
    Hogan, Eleanor
    [ Thesis : 1989 ]
    Languages: English, eng
    View online
    At 4 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.449)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.449)

No Comments for this person

 

Add a comment



Possibly related

Digitised newspapers and more

Searching...

Minimise

Diaries, letters, archives

Searching...

Minimise

Archived websites (1996 – now)

Searching...

Minimise

Pictures, photos, objects

Searching...

Minimise

Books

Searching...

Minimise

Music, sound and video

Searching...

Minimise

People and organisations

Searching...

Minimise

Journals, articles and data sets

Searching...

Minimise

Maps

Searching...

Minimise

Lists

Searching...

Minimise
  1. Roughsey, Dick
    ... traditional tale retold by his wife, Elsie Roughsey. Roughsey lived with his wife and their six children on ...
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.258)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.258)

  2. Roughsey, Elsie (1923-)
    ... Elsie Roughsey (Labumore), of Lardil descent, was born on Mornington Island in Queensland. She was ...
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.159)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.159)

  1. Website: Australian Women's Archives Project
    www.womenaustralia.info
    Matching pages:
    View 16 matching archived pages
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.103)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.103)

  2. Website: Putting skirts on the sacred benches : women candidates for the New South Wales Parliament
    www.womenaustralia.info
    Matching pages:
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.083)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.083)

  3. Website: National Library of Australia staff papers
    www.nla.gov.au
    Matching pages:
    • Mura Gadi - 11/10/2003
    • ... Island (WA) Roughsey, Dick (Goobalathaldin) (1920-1985) Roughsey, Elsie (Labumore) (1923-) Rowley, C.D....
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.021)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.021)

  1. Gununa is the land of my dreams that's rich in culture with its background [Excerpts from a manuscript by Elsie Roughsey dealing with Aboriginal life on Mornington Island (Qld). With a preface by Watson, Chris and Memmott, Paul]
    Roughsey, Elsie
    Hecate
    [ Article : 1998 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.338)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.338)

  2. Between celebration and mourning: testimonial subjects in Ruby Langford Ginibi's Don't Take Your Love to Town and Elsie Roughsey Labumore's An Aboriginal Mother Tells of the Old and the New
    Hogan, Eleanor
    Ngoonjook
    [ Article : 2007 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.237)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.237)

  3. An Aboriginal Mother Tells Of The Old And The New.(Book Review)
    Booklist
    [ Article : 1985 ]
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.077)

    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.077)

  4. Gununa is the land of my dreams that's rich in culture with its background
    Roughsey, Labumore Elsie; Memmott, Paul; Watson, Christine; Carole Ferrier; Deborah Jordan
    [ Article : 2009 ]
    View online
    At UQ Library
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.071)

    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.071)

Maps

No results

Minimise

Music, sound and video

No results

Minimise

Pictures, photos, objects

No results

Minimise
  1. Papers of Dick Roughsey and Percy Trezise
    Roughsey, Dick, 1924-1985
    [ Unpublished : 1956-1994 ]
    At UQ Library
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.965)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.965)

  2. Incoming correspondence
    Trezise, Percy, 1923-
    [ Unpublished : 1969 ]
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.518)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.518)

  3. Papers relating to an Aboriginal mother tells of the old and the new by Elsie Roughsey
    Memmott, Paul
    [ Unpublished : 1980 ]
    At UQ Library
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.395)

    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.395)

  1. An aboriginal mother tells of the old and the new / Labumore : Elsie Roughsey ; edited by Paul Memmott and Robyn Horsman
    Roughsey, Elsie
    [ Book : 1984 ]
    At 92 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.728)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.728)

  2. Stories of the stolen generations / by Marji Hill
    Hill, Marji
    [ Book : 2008 ]
    At 66 libraries
    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.004)

    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.004)

  3. Stories of the stolen generations / by Marji Hill
    Hill, Marji, 1947-
    [ Book : 1998 ]
    At Sunshine Coast
    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.002)

    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.002)

  4. The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature / Jack Zipes, editor in chief
    Zipes, Jack David
    [ Book, Periodical : 2006-2011 ]
    At 26 libraries
    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.002)

    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.002)

  1. Badge to wear if you care
    The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) Wednesday 21 February 1979 p 15 Article Illustrated
    ... Badge to wear ii you care An Aboriginal artist, Goobalathaldin - Dick . Roughsey, OBE - has ... Goobalathaldin - the name means "seas standing on end," anglicized to Roughsey - was born on Dick Roughsey ... "A way to demonstrate goodwill." Mornington Island in 1920. He is chairman of the Aborigine ... 353 words
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.025)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.025)