Description: (Activist)
Lowitja O'Donoghue was an Australian public administrator and Indigenous rights advocate who chaired the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) from 1990 to 1996. She made significant contributions to improving the health and welfare of Indigenous Australians and was involved in the drafting of the Native Title Act 1993. The Lowitja Institute, dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, was named in her honor. The Don Dunstan Foundation holds the annual Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration as a tribute to her work.