Tucker, Margaret (1904-)

Also known as
Tucker, Margaret Elizabeth (1904-1996)
Field of activity
Author, Campaigner and Community worker
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Margaret Tucker was co-founder of the Australian Aborigines League and was the first Aboriginal woman appointed to the Aborigines Welfare Board.

Margaret (Lilardia) Elizabeth Tucker was born on Warrangesda Mission and spent her early childhood on the Cummeragunja and Moonaculla Missions in New South Wales. Her father, William Clements, was Wiradjuri and her mother Teresa (Yarmuk) Clements, née Middleton, was Yulupna. At the age of thirteen, Tucker and her sister May were separated from their mother against her wishes and taken to the Cootamundra Girls' Home. Tucker has written of her harrowing experiences under the care and training of the Aborigines Protection Board and in domestic service for white families in Sydney in her 1977 autobiography, If everyone cared.

By the 1930s, Tucker had begun to campaign for Aboriginal rights alongside other legendary Koori campaigners including William Cooper, Bill and Eric Onus, and Doug Nicholls. In 1932, she was co-founder of the Australian Aborigines League and on 26 January 1938 was one of the Victorian representatives observing the first national Day of Mourning. She was also instrumental in founding the United Council of Aboriginal and Islander Women in the 1960s. Tucker was the first Aboriginal woman appointed to the Aborigines Welfare Board (Victoria), 1964, and the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, 1968.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 1 January 1968 for services to the Aboriginal community.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. If everyone cared : autobiography of Margaret Tucker.
    Margaret Tucker
    [1977]
    Published: Ure Smith
  2. Marge Tucker, MBEIdentity 3 9 14-15 : Marge Tucker, MBE
    Jackomos, Alick
    [1979]
  3. Original protester had a role in many groupsKoori Mail 19 : Original protester had a role in many groups
    [1996]
  4. If everyone cared : autobiography of Margaret Tucker M.B.E.
    Margaret Tucker
    [1983]
    Published: Grosvenor
  5. As I Saw the World AbroadDawn 20 : As I Saw the World Abroad
    Tucker, Margaret
    [1958]
  6. Aunty Marge TuckerSpecial History Feature Bruce McGuinness : Aunty Marge Tucker
    Published: Kooriweb
    Series: http://www.kooriweb.org/bbm/aal/p10.html
  7. Character Above Colour: Fast Track to Assimilation? Margaret Tucker M.B.E. and the Politics of AssimilationSocial Alternatives 21 January : Character Above Colour: Fast Track to Assimilation? Margaret Tucker M.B.E. and the Politics of Assimilation
    Hennessy, Gail
  8. Princess Lilardia as Guest of Queen Salote of Tonga.Dawn 5-7 : Princess Lilardia as Guest of Queen Salote of Tonga.
    Cust, Sylvia
    [1963]
  9. National Aborigines DayIdentity 40-41 : National Aborigines Day
    [1981]
  10. The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture
    Horton, David
    [1994]
    Published: Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS
  11. Another time/place [sound recording]
    Public Broadcasting Association of Australia
    Published: Melbourne : National Programme Service
  12. Sister, if you only knew [videorecording]
    [1975]
    Published: Film Australia; Sponsored by the Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs for International Women's Year
  13. Lousy little sixpence [videorecording]
    Alec Morgan, Gerald Bostock
    [c1984]
    Published: Resource Services, Division of Services, N.S.W. Dept. of Education
  14. Honours for AboriginesIdentity 34 : Honours for Aborigines
    [1972]
  15. Talkin' up to the white woman : Aboriginal women and feminism
    Moreton-Robinson, Aileen
    [2000]
    Published: University of Queensland Press
  16. Aboriginal Writers in AustraliaIdentity 9,14-15 : Aboriginal Writers in Australia
    Beston, John B.
    [1976]
  17. Stories of herself when young : autobiographies of childhood by Australian women
    Hooton, Joy W. (Joy Wendy), 1935-
    [1990]
    Published: Oxford University Press
  18. Aborigines Advancement LeagueIdentity 4-6 : Aborigines Advancement League
    Jackomos, Alick
    [1978]
  19. Historic meeting of two great peoples : Aboriginal King honours Canadian Indian PartyDawn 13 : Historic meeting of two great peoples : Aboriginal King honours Canadian Indian Party
    [1960]
  20. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  21. Some Aboriginal women pathfinders : their difficulties and their achievements
    Beeson, Margaret J (compiled by)
    [[1980]]
    Published: Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Australia
  22. Details of pioneers in Aboriginal movement.Identity 10-11 : Details of pioneers in Aboriginal movement.
    Horner, Jack
    [1972]
  23. National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room: Biographical cuttings on Margaret Tucker, awarded M.B.E. for services to Aboriginal welfare in 1968.
  24. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: If everyone cared (1970s)
    Original typescript of Margaret Tucker's book typed by her friend Miss Jean Hughes.
    MS 8704
  25. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS): The Aussie image : the language of the image makers (1980)
    Stimulus material for lower secondary classes; includes chapter The Aboriginal tradition; European contact; mission life; land rights; prejudice; culture; activities for extracts of works by Margaret Tucker, Ella Simon, Robert Merritt, Frank Hardy, Kevin Gilbert, Kath Walker Produced by New South Wales. Dept. of Education, includes 1 booklet (teachers notes), 178 printed masters, 168 col. slides, 1 audio cassette; in folder; ill.
    KIT N531.48/A1

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  1. If everyone cared : autobiography of Margaret Tucker M.B.E
    Tucker, Margaret, 1904-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1977-1994 ]
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  2. If everyone cared [Margaret Tucker]
    Tucker, Margaret, 1904-
    [ Audio book : 1981 ]
    At SA Pub Lib Network
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  3. If everyone cared
    Tucker, Margaret, 1904-
    [ Unpublished : 1970-1979 ]
    At National Library
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  4. Lousy little sixpence
    Australian Film Commission. Creative Development Branch
    [ Video : 1983-2007 ]
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  1. If everyone cared : autobiography of Margaret Tucker M.B.E
    Tucker, Margaret, 1904-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1977-1994 ]
    At 102 libraries
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  2. [Biographical cuttings on Margaret Tucker, awarded M.B.E. for services to Aboriginal welfare in 1968, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
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  3. If everyone cared [Margaret Tucker]
    Tucker, Margaret, 1904-
    [ Audio book : 1981 ]
    At SA Pub Lib Network
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  4. If everyone cared
    Tucker, Margaret, 1904-
    [ Unpublished : 1970-1979 ]
    At National Library
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  5. If everyone cared : an autobiography / [by] Margaret Tucker
    Tucker, Margaret
    [ Book : 1977 ]
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  6. Black writers, white editors : episodes of collaboration and compromise in Australian publishing history / Jennifer Jones
    Jones, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Anne)
    [ Book : 2009 ]
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  7. Marge Tucker, M B E
    Jackomos, Alick
    Aboriginal and Islander Identity
    [ Article : 1979 ]
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  8. Aboriginal women's autobiographical narratives and the politics of collaboration / Jennifer Anne Jones
    Jones, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Anne)
    [ Thesis : 2001 ]
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  9. Mrs Margaret Tucker, (Princess Lilardia), with a photograph of her birthplace Maloga (Cumeroogunga) in the Aborigines Welfare Board office, Sydney
    [ Art work : 1963 ]
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  10. Mrs Margaret Tucker, (Princess Lilardia), with a photograph of her birthplace Maloga (Cumeroogunga) in the Aborigines Welfare Board office, Sydney
    [ Art work : 1963 ]
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