Valadian, Margaret (1936-)

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Educator
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Margaret Valadian was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) on 26 January 1986 and Civil Member of the Order of the British Empire on 12 June 1976 for services to the Aboriginal Community.

  • 3 September 1936 Born: daughter of O. Valadian
  • 1961 - 1962 Welfare worker, Welfare Board Northern Territory
  • 1964 Research Officer, Department of Territories Papua New Guinea
  • 1966 Graduated Bachelor Social Studies, University of Queensland (first Aboriginal graduate of this university)
  • 1966 Department of Native Affairs, Western Australia
  • 1969 Completed Master of Education, University of Hawaii
  • 1970 Chair, Aboriginal Art Advisory Council
  • 1973 Completed Master of Social Welfare, State University of New York
  • 1974 Social Planning consultant, Schools Commission Canberra
  • 1976 - 1978 Director, Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teacher Aides Development Program
  • 1978 Director, Aboriginal Education Centre, University of Wollongong
  • 1978 - 1990 Founder and co-director, Aboriginal Training and Cultural Institute (Sydney)
  • 1984 Visiting Professor, Rural Education at the University of Alaska
  • 1984 - 1987 Deputy Chair, New South Wales Board of Adult Education
  • 1995 Awarded the honourary degree of Doctor of Letters from Macquarie University
  • 1996 Winner: Alumnus of the Year Award, The University of Queensland's Alumni Association
  • 1998 - 2002 Member, Council of the Order of Australia

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Selected resources (10)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Aboriginal women's health; Report on conference on health; notes role of traditional healers, problems facing Aborigines; recommendations for health care programme Source: -- ; v.25, no.4; 24-25Health 25 4 24-25 : Aboriginal women's health; Report on conference on health; notes role of traditional healers, problems facing Aborigines; recommendations for health care programme Source: -- ; v.25, no.4; 24-25
    Valadian, Margaret
    [1975]
  2. Aboriginal identity : instruction and interaction at an experimental training workshop [at A.N.U., Canberra]Aborigines and change; Australia in the 70s Berndt, R. M. : Aboriginal identity : instruction and interaction at an experimental training workshop [at A.N.U., Canberra]
    Valadian, Margaret; Barwick, Diane
    [1977]
    Published: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
  3. Aboriginal adult education / Paper presented at National Conference on Adult Aboriginal Learning, Perth,. September, 1988Learning my way Harvey, B.; McGinty, S. 101-105 : Aboriginal adult education / Paper presented at National Conference on Adult Aboriginal Learning, Perth,. September, 1988
    Valadian, Margaret
    [1988]
    Published: Institute of Applied Aboriginal Studies, W.A.C.A.E
  4. Aboriginal education-- development or destruction : the issues and challenges that have to be recognised
    Valadian, M.
    [1992]
    Published: University of New England-Armidale
  5. 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
  6. They're helping Aborigines to help themselves [Aboriginal Training and Cultural Institute]; M. Valadian and McNamara teaching management skills BalmainBulletin 49 : They're helping Aborigines to help themselves [Aboriginal Training and Cultural Institute]; M. Valadian and McNamara teaching management skills Balmain
    Bell, Glennys
    [1979]
  7. Report of the first national aboriginal teacher aide three day workshop and one day seminar held at the Bardon Professional Development Centre, Brisbane, June 19-22, 1978 / hosted by Queensland Department of Education ; organised by Alan Randell, Margaret Valadian and Art More.
    [c1978]
    Published: Aboriginal Training and Cultural Institute
  8. Never too late [videorecording]
    Gow, K. (director); Knight, E. (producer), Valadian, M. (consultant)
    [c1985]
    Published: Film Australia for the Women's Bureau, Commonwealth Employment Service
  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. Who's who in Australia 2002
    Herd, Margaret
    [2002]
    Published: Crown Content

Resources by Margaret Valadian (6)

  1. What ought they to know
    Valadian, Margaret, 1936-
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.61)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.61)

  2. [Address to the National Conference of Teachers of Aboriginal Children]
    Valadian, Margaret, 1936-
    [ Book : 1977 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.557)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.557)

  3. Aboriginal education
    Valadian, Margaret, 1936-
    [ Book : 1975 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.555)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.555)

  4. Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community : an approach to planning, commissioned by the Department of Capital Territory
    Valadian, Margaret, 1936-
    [ Unpublished : 1974 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.502)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.502)

  5. Aboriginal adult education
    Valadian, Margaret, 1936-
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.019)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.019)

  6. Aboriginal identity : instruction and interaction at an experimental training workshop [at A.N.U., Canberra]
    Valadian, Margaret, 1936-
    [ Book : 1977 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.019)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.019)

Resources about Margaret Valadian (2)

  1. Aboriginal access to and use of technical and further education : report by Aboriginal Consultative Group, October 1976 [chairman, M. Valadian
    Australia. Schools Commission. Aboriginal Consultative Group
    [ Book : 1976 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.358)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.358)

  2. Portrait of Natascha McNamara and Dr Margaret Valadian, 6th August 2005 / Bob Givens
    Givens, Bob
    [ Photograph : 2005 ]
    View online
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.922)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.922)

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  3. Can Aborigines escape the dependency trap?. -Interview with Margaret Valadian, co-director, Aboriginal Training and Cultural Institute-
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  4. Report / (ed. by) Alan Randell, Margaret Valadian and Art More
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    [ Sound : 1976 ]
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  2. Never too late / director, K. Gow ; producer, Elisabeth Knight
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    [ Video : 1985 ]
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    [ Book : 1982 ]
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  1. AT HOME
    The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) Wednesday 16 October 1963 p 40 Article
    ... AT HOME with Margaret Sydney . On a panel show recently, I heard Miss Margaret Valadian, the first aboriginal woman student to graduate from an Australian university, say some- thing that interested ... step toward assimilation and greater understanding between aborigines and whites. Miss Valadian said ... 1008 words
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  2. Advertising
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 5 September 1929 p 2 Advertising
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