Barbara Jackson nee Hayward. Barbara Jackson nee Hayward.
From AUSTRALIA UNWRAPPED
Barbara Jackson was a fierce advocate for Aboriginal rights during her time. She was a Noongar woman and was considered the unsung hero from the south-west of WA. Barbara is passionate and proactive in helping to improve the lives of the locals. All her life, she was involved with some of the Aboriginal rights committees.
Barbara Jackson
With her devotion to help her people, she started the Aboriginal Youth Training Centre in 1970. Here, she taught the young one’s skills that would help them in their lives. She taught them skills that would make use of their hands like art, dressmaking, coffee table making, and leatherwork. She taught them herself although he had other people help to give some of the lessons.
Unfortunately, she lived only twelve months after she established the Training Centre. She did not live enough to see how the center helped a lot of young Aboriginal people.
In her lifetime, Barbara never stopped advocating for Aboriginal rights and would always stand up for others. She was mostly concern with education and health of her people. Her legacy for pursuing Aboriginal rights is seen in her family. The advocacy lives on until this day.
These unsung heroes have made significant contributions to Australian history. Their legacy, their cause, is still being fought until this day. Their fight doesn’t end where their lives end. Instead, it ignited the fire of the new generation heroes that lobbied their cause against discrimination and equal rights.
Today, the more excellent voice of the Aboriginals is growing in the federal decision making with its growing presence in the Parliament. Issues that tackles the lives of Aboriginal people are rightly discussed. The election of Aboriginal people- Ken Wyatt and Linda Burney, are signs of hope for the Aboriginal people of Australia.
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I think you may have Barbara’s maiden name wrong.
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