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'''Muriel Pauline Bamblett''' 0 is a [[Yorta Yorta]] and [[Djadjawurrung|Dja Dja Wurrung]] woman and an advocate for Aboriginal child welfare in Victoria and Australia.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":1"></ref><ref></ref>
== Biography ==
Bamblett is the chief executive of [[Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency]] (VACCA), and has held this position since 1999.<ref name=":0" /> She is also an adjunct professor in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at [[La Trobe University]].<ref name=":1" /> From 1998 to 2008 she was the chair of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Bamblett is a member of the Aboriginal Treaty Working Group; Aboriginal Family Violence Steering Committee; Victorian Children's Council; Aboriginal Justice Forum; and the Aboriginal Community Elders Service. From 2009 to 2011 she was a member of the board of the Northern Territory Inquiry into Child Protection.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
=== Recognition ===
In 2019, Bamblett was awarded the [[Order of Australia]] for distinguished service to the Indigenous community of Victoria as an advocate for the self-determination and cultural rights of children.<ref name=":0" />
Bamblett has also received the [[Centenary of Federation Medal|Centenary of Federation Medal;]] the Robin Clark Memorial Award for Inspirational Leadership in the Field of Child and Family Welfare; the Women’s Electoral Lobby Inaugural Vida Goldstein Award; and appears on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in Social Work by the [[University of Sydney]] in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Aboriginal child and family welfare.<ref name=":1" />
==References==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:La Trobe University faculty]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Centenary Medal]]
== Biography ==
Bamblett is the chief executive of [[Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency]] (VACCA), and has held this position since 1999.<ref name=":0" /> She is also an adjunct professor in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at [[La Trobe University]].<ref name=":1" /> From 1998 to 2008 she was the chair of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Bamblett is a member of the Aboriginal Treaty Working Group; Aboriginal Family Violence Steering Committee; Victorian Children's Council; Aboriginal Justice Forum; and the Aboriginal Community Elders Service. From 2009 to 2011 she was a member of the board of the Northern Territory Inquiry into Child Protection.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
=== Recognition ===
In 2019, Bamblett was awarded the [[Order of Australia]] for distinguished service to the Indigenous community of Victoria as an advocate for the self-determination and cultural rights of children.<ref name=":0" />
Bamblett has also received the [[Centenary of Federation Medal|Centenary of Federation Medal;]] the Robin Clark Memorial Award for Inspirational Leadership in the Field of Child and Family Welfare; the Women’s Electoral Lobby Inaugural Vida Goldstein Award; and appears on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in Social Work by the [[University of Sydney]] in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Aboriginal child and family welfare.<ref name=":1" />
==References==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:La Trobe University faculty]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Centenary Medal]]
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