Jillian Debora Milroy, AM is an

Australian Aboriginal Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. Humans first migrated to Australia (co ...

academic specialising in traditional forms of knowledge, including storytelling. She is of

Palyku The Bailgu are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Country Bailgu traditional lands extended over , according to Norman Tindale's estimate, covering the upper Fortescue River, and taking in Roy Hill and ea ...

descent. Of her siblings, Sally Morgan is an author and artist,

Helen Milroy Helen Milroy is a consultant psychiatrist with the Western Australia Department of Health, specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry, and director of the Western Australian Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health. She is recognised ...

is a child psychiatrist who was the first indigenous Australian to become a medical doctor, David is a playwright, and William has worked as a senior public servant. She was dean and Winthrop Professor at the

University of Western Australia University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...

(UWA) School of Indigenous Studies and was its founding head. She was made a Member of the

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in 2011. Milroy is currently Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous Education at UWA and Director of UWA's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health.

Selected works

* ''Wordal'', 2001 * ''Dingo's tree'', 2011 * ''Native title claims in Canada and Australia : Delgamuukw and Miriuwung Gajerrong'', 1999 * ''Gnyung Waart Kooling Kulark - released : going home'', 2003

References

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