Larissa Behrendt is NSW Australian of the Year
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous advocate and author Larissa Behrendt has been named NSW Australian of the Year at an awards ceremony in Sydney. The 41-year old academic was given the award "in recognition of her passionate and articulate advocacy for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders."
A Eualeyai and Kamillaroi woman, Professor Behrendt decided to become a lawyer at age 11 after her indigenous father found his mother's government 'removal' certificate. It showed the date authorities took her from her family at a NSW sheep station.
Prof Behrendt practised in Legal Aid before winning a scholarship in 1993 to complete a doctorate in law at Harvard University where she focused on Aboriginal ideas of sovereignty.
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