Alice Eather
Alice Pearl Daiguma Eather (1988/1989 – 4 June 2017) was an Aboriginal Australian slam poet, environmental campaigner, and teacher.
Also recorded as Alice Pearl Daiguma Eather
Alice Eather
- Died
- 2017
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- Australia
- Occupation
- poet
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Alice Pearl Daiguma Eather was born in 1988 or 1989 in Brisbane, Queensland, to Helen Djimbarrwala Willams and Michael Eather, an artist and gallery-owner with European ancestors who arrived on the Second Fleet. She was educated in Brisbane.
Career
Career
Eather moved to Maningrida, Northern Territory to become the first Ndjebbana-speaking Aboriginal teacher, and performed as a slam poet. In writing, she contributed poetry to the anthology Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia (2018), edited by Anita Heiss.
Activism
Activism
In 2013 Eather started Protect Arnhem Land, an anti-fracking campaign group against Paltar Petroleum. It was successful in convincing the Northern Territory government to suspend the application pending agreement with the local population; further campaigning eventually led to Paltar withdrawing the application in 2016.
Recognition
Recognition
In 2014 Eather received the Northern Territory Young Achiever's Environment Award for her work in preventing oil exploration of Arnhem Land. She appeared in the ABC television programme The Word: Rise of the Slam Poets.
Death
Death
Eather died aged 28 on 4 June 2017 in Maningrida as a result of suicide, after having suffered from anxiety and depression on and off throughout her life. She was close to her two sisters, Noni and Grace.
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