Alngindabu

Alngindabu (also known as Lucy McGinness) (1874? - 23 September 1961) was a female elder from Chapana, near the Finniss River in the Northern Territory of Australia. She spoke the Kungarakany language, a group whom the Europeans called the "Paperbark People".

Early Life 
Trained as a domestic servant from childhood, Alngindabu was named Lucy by her white bosses. Around 1900, Alngindabu married Stephen Joseph McGuinness [sic]; they were to have five children—Bernard, John, Margaret, Valentine and Joseph—all of whom were baptized as Catholics. Alngindabu's sons with her husband Stephen McGinness - Joe McGinness and Val McGinness both became prominent activists for Indigenous Australian rights in the 1930s.

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Category:Australian Aboriginal elders
Category:1961 deaths
Category:1870s births