Winnie Quagliotti
(1931-1988) Aboriginal community leader and Wurundjeri elder
Winnifred Evelyn Quagliotti (née Terrick; traditional name Narrandjeri, known as Auntie Winnie; 1931 – 4 August 1988) was a Wurundjeri community leader. She was the great-great-niece of the Australian Aboriginal leader William Barak.
Early life
Quagliotti was born in 1931 on the Murray River between Koondrook, Victoria, and Barham, New South Wales. Her father, William Terrick, was a truck driver and shearer, and her mother was Jessie née Wandin. They had grown up at the Coranderrk, an Aboriginal Reserve near Healesville, before being moved to Lake Tyers Mission. Quagliotti was one of ten children, and grew up in the Healesville area, and in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood. She married Paul Quagliotti, from Trieste, Italy. She had two children of her own, and fostered others.
Community leader
In 1968, Quagliotti and her husband moved to Doveton, Victoria, in the district of Dandenong. She felt that her children were old enough, and began working for the Aboriginal community.
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