Alngindabu

Alngindabu (also known as Lucy McGinness) (1874? - 23 September 1961) was a female elder from Chapana, near the Finniss River in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] She spoke the Kungarakany language, a group whom the Europeans called the "Paperbark People".[1]

Early life

Trained as a domestic servant from childhood, Alngindabu was named Lucy by her white bosses. Around 1900, Alngindabu married Stephen Joseph McGuinness [sic]; they were to have five children—Bernard, John, Margaret, Valentine and Joseph—all of whom were baptized as Catholics.[1] Alngindabu's sons with her husband Stephen McGinness - Joe McGinness and Val McGinness both became prominent activists for Indigenous Australian rights in the 1930s.[1][2]

References

1. Dewar, Mickey, "Alngindabu (1874–1961)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 4 April 2019
2. Austin, Tony, "McGinness, Valentine Bynoe (1910–1988)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 4 April 2019