Dolly Gurinyi Batcho
Dolly Gurinya Batcho (c.1905 - 1973) was a Larrakia people, Larrakia woman (part of the Danggalaba clan) from Darwin, Northern Territory and she was one of an estimated 6,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who worked in support of the war effort in World War II as a part of the Aboriginal Women's Hygiene Squad, 69th Australian Women's Army Service Barracks at Adelaide River. After the war Batcho became a passionate advocate for the rights of Aboriginal people and for Land rights for Aboriginal people, Land Rights; she was a signatory on the 1972 Larrakia Petition. Service in World War II Little is known of Batcho's early life, except that she left the Darwin area, which are her ancestors' lands, to serve the war effort in Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Adelaide River, which had become the headquarters for Australian and United States Troops, after the initial Bombing of Darwin. This was despite the fact that much of her family, along with 2,000 other women ...
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