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Judith Wright

Died in 2000

Judith Wright was born on 31 May 1915 into a family of graziers on the New England plateau, in Armidale (at Thalgarrah according to the ADB). A pupil at the New England Girls' School, she attended courses at the University of Sydney. Settled at Mount Tamborine, she married Jack McKinney in 1962, co-founded the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, which she chaired until 1976, campaigned for the Great Barrier Reef and defended Aboriginal land rights. She died on 25 June 2000 in Canberra.

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