Simon, Ella (1902-1981)

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Aboriginal community worker
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an36056548
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-612269

Biographies

Ella Simon went to school on Purfleet Aboriginal reserve, New South Wales, until the age of twelve. She then worked in Gloucester and Sydney, but returned to Purfleet in 1932 to nurse her sick grandmother, Kundaibark. She married Joe Simon in the mid-1930s, and they travelled around New South Wales, helping Aboriginal people. In 1957 Ella was granted her ‘certificate of exemption’ from the restrictions imposed by the Aborigines Welfare Board. In 1960 she formed a branch of the Country Women’s Association on Purfleet reserve and became its president. She opened the Gillawarra gift shop selling Aboriginal artefacts. She improved the living conditions on Purfleet, by supplying new stoves and introducing electricity. She continued caring for Aboriginal children and the sick. In 1962 she was named Lady of Distinction by Quota and appointed a justice of the peace. She dictated her life story for the book Through My Eyes during 1976-78.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Through my eyes
    Simon, Ella, 1902-1981
    [1978]
    Published: Rigby
  2. Something that was shameful : two Aboriginal identities in a whole cultureAge Monthly Review 7 6 3-5 : Something that was shameful : two Aboriginal identities in a whole culture
    Brady, Veronica, 1926-
    [1987]
  3. The dream of a shared society : on the borderlinesAustralian Book Review 96 13-15 : The dream of a shared society : on the borderlines
    Mead, Jenna
    [1987]
  4. The Complete Book of Great Australian Women: Thirty-six women who changed the course of Australia
    De Vries, Susanna
    [2003]
    Published: HarperCollins
  5. Stories of herself when young : autobiographies of childhood by Australian women
    Hooton, Joy W. (Joy Wendy), 1935-
    [1990]
    Published: Oxford University Press
  6. Custodians of the soil : a history of aboriginal-European relationships in the Manning Valley of New South Wales
    Ramsland, John, 1942-
    [2001]
    Published: Greater Taree City Council
  7. Aboriginal perspectives : resources for English, history, general studies, social sciences, women of the sun.
    [[1987].]
    Published: N.S.W. Dept. of Education, North Coast Region
  8. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press
  9. 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
  10. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS): Sports and community portraits from the north coast of New South Wales - Photographs reproduced in New Dawn Magazine (1970 - 1974)
    Photographs taken between 1970 & 1974. 36 copynegatives: b&w; 35mm
    NEW.DAWN.1.BW

Resources by Ella Simon (1)

  1. Through my eyes / Ella Simon
    Simon, Ella, 1902-1981
    [ Book, Audio book : 1978-1999 ]
    At 100 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 52.854)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 52.854)

Resources about Ella Simon (4)

  1. Through my eyes / Ella Simon
    Simon, Ella, 1902-1981
    [ Book, Audio book : 1978-1999 ]
    At 100 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 50.085)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 50.085)

  2. Aboriginal perspectives : resources for English, history, general studies, social sciences, women of the sun
    New South Wales. Dept. of Education. North Coast Region
    [ Book : 1987 ]
    At 10 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.264)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.264)

  3. Ella Simon : the first 'Aboriginal' magistrate in Australia / the Count Alexandr Sergeyevitch Leopold Udloff
    Udloff, Alexandr Sergeyevitch Leopold Count
    [ Book : 2006 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.549)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.549)

  4. State and church involvement in Aboriginal reserves, missions and stations in New South Wales, 1900-1975 : and a translation into French of John Ramsland, Custodians on the Soil: a history of Aboriginal-European relationships in the Manning Valley of...
    Djenidi, Valerie
    [ Thesis : 2008 ]
    Possibly online
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.731)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.731)

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