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Bwgcolman Elder from Palm Island

Aunty Elly Conway

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Aunty Elly Conway is a proud Bwgcolman woman and Elder from Palm Island. She is the mother of the ACSQ’s Reconciliation Action Plan Coordinator Chrissy Ellis.

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Reflections

Articles by Aunty Elly

Elly Conway: 'a strong, deadly black' woman’s life on Palm Island

In the spirit of the recent NAIDOC Week theme ‘Voice. Treaty. Truth.’, Elly Conway, the mother of the ACSQ’s Reconciliation Action Plan Coordinator Chrissy Ellis, tells us about her experience and insights growing up on Palm Island under the Aboriginal Protection Act