Rosalie Kunoth-Monks's mother was a Ngarla woman, within Aboriginal kinship, and Kunoth-Monks stated that there were a group of Ngarla women that are her mother.
10 Facts About Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks was one of eight children and she grew up speaking both Arrernte and Anmatyerr and learnt English as a third language, with her father beginning to teach her in the lead-up to her attending school.
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At the age of 9 Rosalie Kunoth-Monks was sent to St Mary's Hostel in Alice Springs as a boarder and attended school in town.
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks's nickname was "Rosie", but the Chauvels changed her name for the screen to Ngarla Kunoth.
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks then left the order, married Bill Monks and began employment at the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, setting up the first home in Victoria for Aboriginal children.
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks campaigned to oppose the proposed construction of a dam that threatened to destroy land sacred to her people.
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks lost that election but went on to continuing activism working to improve the lives of indigenous people.
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At the 2013 federal election, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks stood unsuccessfully as a senate candidate in the Northern Territory on behalf of the First Nations Political Party.
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks died in Alice Springs on 26 January 2022, aged 85.
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks was given a state funeral in Alice Springs on 3 March 2022, which was attended by hundreds of people.