Eve Fesl
Australian academic
Eve Mumewa Doreen Fesl , (born Evelyn Mumewa Doreen Serico; 21 October 1930 – 12 August 2023), was an academic in sociolinguistic policy and implementation. She was a member of both the Gubbi Gubbi and Gungulu nations, and became the first Indigenous Australian to receive a PhD from an Australian university in 1989. She also had a significant athletic career.
Early life and education
Evelyn Mumewa Doreen Serico was born on 21 October 1930, the first child of Maurice and Evelyn Reen (née Monkland-Olsen) Serico. Evelyn Reen was a Gubbi Gubbi person, while Maurice was of the Gungulu nation. The family initially lived on a sheep station. Her mother was forcibly removed to the Barambah Aboriginal Reserve (now called Cherbourg) under the Aboriginals Protection Act, and she grew up on the reserve. An Englishman who brought books to the reserve inspired her mother to give her children a good education, so she moved her family to Brisbane for that reason.
After moving to Brisbane, Fesl encountered racism at Ashgrove State School. She took up athletics to demonstrate that she could beat one of her classmates.
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