Jean George Jean George i(A84658 works by) (birth name: Jean Kelinda) (a.k.a. Jean George Awumpun)
Born: Established: ca. 1925 Aurukun - Bamaga area, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Jun 2006 Weipa, Aurukun - Bamaga area, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Wik
(Storyteller) assertion
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BiographyHistory

Jean George was the grandmother of Fiona Doyle (q.v.), author of Whispers of This Wik Woman, (2004). George was instrumental in the native title claim over her country which advanced the earlier Mabo Decision onto mainland Australia.

She was also a story teller and it is her stories which form the basis of Fiona Doyle's book.

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