O'Brien, May

Also known as
O'Brien, May L.
O'Brien, May Lorna (1933-)
Field of activity
Educator and Author
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35970168
NLA Persistent Identifier
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Biographies

Born in Laverton, Western Australia, May O'Brien survived her removal to Mount Margaret Aboriginal Mission as a child, eventually taking up her first appointment as a teacher at Mount Margaret. After teaching for 25 years she moved into education policy, working for the Western Australia Ministry of Education and the Aboriginal Education Branch. O'Brien was awarded the British Empire Medal on 31 December 1977 for work in Aboriginal education. For this she was also awarded the John Curtin medal. O'Brien was a delegate for Australia at the United Nations conference on Women in Denmark, 1980. She has written several childrens books. Horton (ed) (1994), Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia; WCTU (1980), Some Aboriginal Women Pathfinders.

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Resources for May O'Brien

Selected resources (11)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Report to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
    O'Brien, May
    [1985]
    Published: Aboriginal Education Branch, Education Dept?
  2. [May O'Brien - biographical details]National Aboriginal Day magazine 29 : [May O'Brien - biographical details]
    [1986]
  3. [May O'Brien - profile]Bulletin (Rotary Club of Perth) 45 : [May O'Brien - profile]
    [1996]
  4. May O'Brien: Heart and soulSpeaking out : Australian women talk about success 215-227 : May O'Brien: Heart and soul
    Byrski, Liz
    [1999]
    Published: New Holland
  5. Leadership and vision rewarded [May O'Brien]Yamatji news 6 : Leadership and vision rewarded [May O'Brien]
    [1998]
  6. Some Aboriginal women pathfinders : their difficulties and their achievements
    Beeson, Margaret J (compiled by)
    [[1980]]
    Published: Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Australia
  7. 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
  8. How crows became black [review]West Australian 7 : How crows became black [review]
    [1992]
  9. The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture
    Horton, David
    [1994]
    Published: Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS
  10. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: [Proceedings of Biennial Conference of OHAA(WA) 1990] [sound recording] Talks by May O'Brien, Michael Gallagher and Penny Brock]. (1990)
    Includes May O'Brien's "Rewriting Aboriginal history through oral history"
    OH2343
  11. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: [May O'Brien - links with Mt Margaret Mission, teaching, work with the Aboriginal community] (2002)
    Recording of May O'Brien in [Claremont Cameos] [sound recording] : [oral histories of women teachers] / [devised by L. Hunt and J. Trotman].
    OH2551 A/m

Resources by May O'Brien (50)

  1. Barn-Barn Barlala, the bush trickster / written by May L. O'Brien ; illustrated by Sue Wyatt
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book, Audio book : 1992-2006 ]
    Languages: English, Australian languages
    At 109 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.772)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.772)

  2. Wunambi the water snake / written by May L. O'Brien ; illustrated by Sue Wyatt
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book, Audio book : 1991-2006 ]
    At 107 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.991)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.991)

  3. The legend of the seven sisters : a traditional Aboriginal story from Western Australia / written by May L. O'Brien ; illustrated by Sue Wyatt
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book : 1990-2009 ]
    At 100 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.979)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.979)

  4. Bawoo stories / written by May L O'Brien ; illustrated by Angela Leaney and Sue Wyatt
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book : 2008 ]
    At 52 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.453)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.453)

  5. [Proceedings of Biennial Conference of OHAA(WA) 1990] Talks by May O'Brien, Michael Gallagher and Penny Brock]
    O'Brien, May
    [ Sound : 1990 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.382)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.382)

  6. Which Jack? / written by May L. O'Brien ; illustrated by Angela Leaney
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book : 1994 ]
    At 43 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.771)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.771)

  7. Too big for your boots / written by May L. O'Brien ; illustrated by Angela Leaney
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book, Audio book : 1994-2006 ]
    At 35 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.52)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.52)

  8. May O'Brien interviewed by Jackie Huggins and Peter Read in the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation collection
    O'Brien, May
    [ Sound : 2005 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.574)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.574)

  9. My Churchill Fellowship diary : April 9-June 20 1984 / May L. O'Brien
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book : 1984 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.702)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.702)

  10. What do you say? / written by May L. O'Brien ; illustrated by Angela Leaney
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book, Audio book : 1994-2006 ]
    At 26 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.684)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.684)

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Resources about May O'Brien (14)

  1. [Proceedings of Biennial Conference of OHAA(WA) 1990] Talks by May O'Brien, Michael Gallagher and Penny Brock]
    O'Brien, May
    [ Sound : 1990 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.315)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.315)

  2. [Biographical cuttings on May O'Brien, Aboriginal education officer, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.831)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.831)

  3. May O'Brien interviewed by Jackie Huggins and Peter Read in the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation collection
    O'Brien, May
    [ Sound : 2005 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.708)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.708)

  4. My Churchill Fellowship diary : April 9-June 20 1984 / May L. O'Brien
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book : 1984 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.957)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.957)

  5. Report to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust / by May L. O'Brien
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book : 1985 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.51)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.51)

  6. May O'Brien : educator and writer
    Film Australia
    [ Video : 2007 ]
    At 4 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.311)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.311)

  7. A Traditional Aboriginal story from Western Australia : the legend of the seven sisters, written by May L. O'Brien, illustrated by Sue Wyatt
    O'Brien, May
    [ Book ]
    At ACU - Strathfield
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.139)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.139)

  8. [Interview with May O'Brien, educator] [interviewed by Ron Chapman]
    O'Brien, May
    [ Sound : 2004 ]
    Possibly online
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.646)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.646)

  9. What's special about being black? : Be careful with my culture, with May O'Brien / produced, written, spoken, and directed by Duncan Graham
    Western Australian College of Advanced Education. Institute of Applied Aboriginal Studies
    [ Video : 1985 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.596)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.596)

  10. May O'Brien
    SBS-TV
    [ Video : 2008 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.46)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.46)

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  4. Smartie pants / by May L. O'Brien
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  1. Clouds on my windows : a Dublin memoir / May O'Brien
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  2. Clouds on my windows : a Dublin memoir / May O'Brien
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  4. Which Jack? by May O'Brien
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  1. Township allotments, Ballaarat South, County of Grenville / surveyed by William G. O'Brien, May 1867 ; photo-lithographed at the Department of Lands & Survey Melbourne, by J. Noone 6th March 1868
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    [ Map : 1867 ]
    At State Library of VIC
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  2. President William McKinley visits Oakland, May 24, 1901.[picture]
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    [ Published : 2008 ]
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    [ Published : 2011 ]
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  1. O'Brien may jump to new network.(Conan O'Brien)
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    [ Article : 2010 ]
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  2. O'Brien may get Everglades post. (James J. O'Brien, Port Everglades Authority)
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  3. O'Brien may be out for the season; Athletics.(Sport)
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    [ Article : 1992 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.702)

  4. Globalisation, living standards and inequality : recent progress and continuing challenges / editors, David Gruen, Terry O'Brien, Jeremy Lawson
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.696)

  1. Website: Australian Women in War
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  3. Website: Putting skirts on the sacred benches : women candidates for the New South Wales Parliament
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  1. CORNWALL CHRONICLE, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND NAVAL REGISTER. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1854. SMITH OBRIEN.
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  2. WEDNESDAY'S MESSAGES. IRELAND. THE OBRIEN CASE. INDEMNITY BILL POSSIBLE. LONDON, May 14.
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    South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Monday 6 May 1889 p 5 Article
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