Stuart Rintoul's biography traces the story Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG (August [a] – 4 February ), also known as Lois O'Donoghue and Lois Smart, was an Australian public administrator and Indigenous rights advocate. She was the inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) from to
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Lowitja O’Donoghue (born August 1, , Indulkana, South Australia) is an Australian activist whose lifelong advocacy for Aboriginal rights and reconciliation made her one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal people in Australian history. 
Biography. Michael Jackson was born The authorised biography Lowitja, written by Stuart Rintoul, is published by Allen and Unwin. 1 August – Lowitja Institute proudly announces the formation of the Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation, in honour of this significant day, Lowitja’s 90th birthday.
He built strong, lifelong friendships O’Donoghue was born in Indulkana, South Australia, in , the fifth child of Lily and Tom. Her mother was A n angu and her father Irish. When she was two, South Australia’s Aboriginal Protection Board removed Lowitja to the Colebrook Home for Half-Caste Children, where she was renamed Lois.
Lowitja (Lois) O'Donoghue in 1992 became Lowitja O’Donoghue, AC CBE DSG, was born in at Indulkana, in the remote north-west corner of South Australia, to a Pitjantjatjara mother and an Irish father. When she was just two years old, she and two of her sisters were taken away from their mother by missionaries on behalf of South Australia’s Aboriginal Protection Board.
The Lowitja Institute. 6. Lowitja O'Donoghue was born in August in , but for many years she didn't know that was her name. She was one of six children born in the APY lands in South Australia. Her mother, Lily, was Yankunytjatjara Pitjantjatjara. But when Lowitja was two she was taken from her family, like many other Indigenous children.
Lowitja Lois O'Donoghue Smart, Dr O’Donoghue, 91, lived the tragedy of the Stolen Generations, but became a nurse and social worker who rose to be the inaugural chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.
Foreword vi. Lowitja O'Donoghue. Editors O'Donoghue was the inaugural patron and namesake of the Lowitja Institute, a research institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing established in , which in established the Lowitja O'Donoghue Foundation. The Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration is held annually by the Don Dunstan Foundation, in her honour.