Rosalie kunoth monks biography examples

          Rosalie Kunoth-Monks was the lead female actor in the first Australian full-length colour feature film, Jedda (dir.

        1. She rose to fame as the first Indigenous lead in a feature film, when she was cast as the titular role in Jedda at 16 years of age.
        2. Rosalie Kunoth-Monks (–) lived on remote Utopia Station in the Northern Territory where she learnt the Aboriginal laws of her tribe.
        3. She said in an interview for the television programme Australian Biography that she was given: a little paper saying, 'I hope you all enjoy the film as much.
        4. On Monday night I had the privilege of hearing Arrernte Alyawarre elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks speak about racism and assimilation and her culture on Q&A.

          5. Rosalie Kunoth-Monks (–) lived on remote Utopia Station in the Northern Territory where she learnt the Aboriginal laws of her tribe..

          Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

          Aboriginal Australian actress and activist (1937–2022)

          Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

          Kunoth-Monks in 1955

          Born

          Rosalie Lynette Kunoth


          (1937-01-04)4 January 1937

          Utopia, Northern Territory

          Died26 January 2022(2022-01-26) (aged 85)

          Alice Springs, Northern Territory

          Other namesNgarla Kunoth (screen name)
          Rosie (nickname)
          Occupation(s)Actress, activist, politician

          Rosalie Lynette Kunoth-MonksOAM (4 January 1937 – 26 January 2022), also known as Ngarla Kunoth, was an Australian film actress, Aboriginal activist and politician.

          Early life

          Rosalie Lynette Kunoth was born on 4 January 1937 in Utopia, Northern Territory (Arapunya), she was an Arrernte and Anmatyerre woman.[1][2] Her paternal grandfather, Harry Kunoth, was German, hence her German surname.[3] He and her grandmother, Amelia Kunoth (an Arrernte woman), co-managed several cattle stations in the Northern Ter