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Jackie Huggins is an Australian historian, author, and activist. She was born in Queensland, Australia, on 19 August 1956. She is of Aboriginal and South Sea Islander descent. Huggins has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of New England. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Huggins is a prominent advocate for Indigenous rights and social justice. She has held numerous positions in the public and private sectors, including as a Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission, a Director of the National Museum of Australia, and a Director of the National Library of Australia. Huggins has written extensively on Indigenous history and culture, including the books "Aboriginal Women: Sacred and Profane" (1991), "Aboriginal Australians: Black Responses to White Dominance" (1996), and "The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia" (1994). Huggins is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Human Rights Medal (1996), the Centenary Medal (2003), and the Order of Australia (2006). She was also named Queensland Senior Australian of the Year in 2011. As of 2021, Jackie Huggins is 64 years old and has a net worth of approximately $1 million.

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Occupation Historian
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 19 August, 1956
Birthday 19 August
Birthplace Ayr, Queensland
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2001

Huggins is a former Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia, the former Chair of the Queensland Domestic Violence Council, and has been a member of the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, the AIATSIS Council, and Co-Commissioner for Queensland for the Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal Children. In 2001 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her work with Indigenous people, particularly in reconciliation, literacy, women's issues and social justice. In 2007 Huggins was named University of Queensland Alumnus of the Year. She has published a wide range of essays and studies dealing with Indigenous history and identity. She is the author of Sistergirl (University of Queensland Press, 1998), and co-author, with Rita Huggins, of the critically acclaimed biography Auntie Rita (Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994).

1985

Huggins' son, John Henry Huggins, was born in 1985. Huggins enrolled at the University of Queensland in 1985, graduating with a BA (Hons) in History and Anthropology in 1987. She studied a Diploma of Education (Aboriginal Education) in 1988. Part of her practical training included eight weeks teaching in Ti-Tree, north of Alice Springs. Huggins completed an Honours degree in History/Women's Studies (1989) from Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.

1972

Jackie Huggins was born in Ayr, Queensland, the daughter of Jack and Rita Huggins. She is of the Bidjara / Pitjara (Central Queensland) and Biri / Birri Gubba Juru (North Queensland) peoples. Her family moved to Inala in Brisbane when she was young and she attended Inala State High School. She left school at age 15 to assist her family and worked as a typist with the Australian Broadcasting Commission at Toowong, Queensland from 1972–1978. Thereafter she joined the Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs in Canberra. In 1980 she returned to Brisbane and was a Field Officer in the Department of Aboriginal Affairs.

1956

Jacqueline Gail "Jackie" Huggins AM, FAHA (born 19 August 1956) is an Indigenous Australian author, historian and Aboriginal rights activist of the Bidjara Central Queensland and Birri-Gubba Juru North Queensland peoples. She is the Deputy Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, an Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at the University of Queensland and a Spokesperson for Recognise.

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