Jacqui Katona

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Jacqui Katona (* 1966 presumably in Canberra , Australia ) is an Aborigine of the Gundjehmi clan from the Aboriginal tribe of the Mirarr , who was significantly involved in the campaign against the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory with Yvonne Margarula .

Jacqui Katona did not grow up in the outback, but lived in Cabramurra , Canberra and Hobart and attended the Australian education system. She has an Aboriginal mother and a Hungarian father. At the age of 32, she was the Executive Officer of the Gundjehmi Aboriginal Association of the Mirarr, the traditional landowners of the area where Kakadu National Park is located and which is in close proximity to the Jabiluka uranium mine and the Ranger uranium mine . In 1998 the Aborigines, together with environmental organizations, carried out a peaceful blockade of the uranium mine. This blockade was one of the largest blockages in Australian history.

Jacqui Katona received the US Goldman Environmental Prize for her political commitment and protest in 1999 , as did Yvonne Margarula.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian Stories. The Long Journey Home on www.abc.net.au . Retrieved February 16, 2011
  2. ↑ The Goldman Environment Prize from www.goldmanprize.org ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 16, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goldmanprize.org
  3. ^ Echoes from the Poisoned Well . Retrieved February 16, 2011
  4. ^ The Long Journey Home . Retrieved February 16, 2011
  5. ↑ Wisdom Interviews: Jacqui Katona ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 16, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abc.net.au
personal data
SURNAME Katona, Jacqui
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Aboriginal political leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Canberra , Australia