BEHRENDT

Larissa

1 April 1969  —

Aboriginal or Torrest Stait Islander:  Yes 

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Additional Information

Special Achievements

  • First Aborigine to earn a doctorate from Harvard Law School in USA.
  • Professor of Law at Sydney University of Technology.
  • 1993 - Won the Lionel Murphy Foundation Scholarship.
  • 2002 - Co-recipient of the inaugural Neville Bonner National Teaching Award.
  • 2004 - Deadly Award winner for literature.
  • 2009 - Named National NAIDOC Person of the Year.
  • 2011 - Named the New South Wales Australian of the year.

Resources

Image - Larissa Behrendt

Description: A photograph of Larissa Behrendt working 2012. Date: July 2012 Source: Sent to me by the owner. Author: Larissa Behrendt Permission: This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose.

Wikimedia Commons: File:Larissa Behrendt at work 2012.jpg


McLean, Greg. Native title date for Prof Larissa. Centralian Advocate. May 30, 2003: page unknown.


The Australian Women's Register. “Behrendt, Larissa (1969 - )”. accessed 9 December 2019.


Standish, Ann. The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. “Behrendt, Larissa”. accessed 9 December 2019.


Wikipedia. “Larissa Behrendt”. accessed 9 December 2019.


The Age. “Finding home amid the stolen memories”. accessed 9 December 2019.


The Sydney Morning Herald. “Lunch with Larissa Behrendt”. accessed 9 December 2019.


Creative Spirits. “Order of Australia: Aboriginal winners”. accessed 4 August 2020.