Rona Ellen Glynn was born on 24 September 1936 at Wood Green Station in Central Australia, the daughter of Ron Price and Topsy Glynn, a housemaid and cook for Robert Henry Purvis, owner of Woodgreen Station.
12 Facts About Rona Glynn
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Rona Glynn was later described by the authorities as a "three-quarter-caste aboriginal".
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The first of these was Rona Glynn, born in 1936, whose father was Ron Price.
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In September 1950, Rona Glynn wrote an article for the Centralian Advocate about the moving and redecoration of some classrooms at her school.
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Rona Glynn did well at school, and gained her Intermediate Certificate in four subjects at Alice Springs Higher Primary School around 1951, a feat achieved by very few Aboriginal children at the time.
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In 1952 Rona Glynn was appointed by the South Australian Department of Education as junior teacher at Hartley Street School, taking charge of a Grade 2 class.
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In 1954, Rona Glynn moved to Melbourne to train as a nurse.
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Rona Glynn undertook general training at the Melbourne School of Nursing, graduating in 1957.
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In 1962 Rona Glynn returned to Alice Springs, where she became the first Aboriginal Charge Sister at the Alice Springs Hospital.
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Rona Glynn apparently placed her finger to her lips indicating the mothers to be quiet.
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Rona Glynn died the following year after complications from childbirth, on 4 January 1965.
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Rona Glynn was the first Aboriginal woman to have a pre-school named in her honour in Australia.