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Indigenous star and activist Rosalie Kunoth-Monks dies aged 85

Amelia Kunoth-Monks and her grandmother Rosalie from the Utopia homeland community in the Northern Territory.

Amelia Kunoth-Monks and her grandmother Rosalie from the Utopia homeland community in the Northern Territory. Source: AAP

The resilient Central Australian was famous and became well known in the 1950s film, Jedda, before becoming an outspoken and passionate advocate for her people.


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By Brooke Young, Guy McLean

Source: NITV



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The resilient Central Australian was famous and became well known in the 1950s film, Jedda, before becoming an outspoken and passionate advocate for her people.



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