Eileen Fitzer

Eileen Marjory Fitzer (29 March 1902 – 27 August 2002) was an Australian nursing sister, political activist and Northern Territory pioneer.

Early life She was born at Brock's Creek, near Pine Creek, and was the youngest of 5 children born to Tom and Eleanor Styles. Her father was the underground manager for the Zapopan Mine, a gold mine, and she would later recall a happy childhood with a lot of singing and dancing. When Fitzer was 7 she travelled with her mother and sister Myrtle so that her mother could be treated for cancer, unfortunately the cancer was too advanced, and they returned to the Northern Territory where she died in 1910; she was only 36 years old. afterwards, she became known as the "White Queen of the Daly".

They later settled in Timber Creek.

In 2001 two cloths she embroidered were featured in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 'Threads of History: the embroidered record' (25 May - 26 August 2001).

Fitzer died on 27 August 2001 and she is buried at the Darwin Gardens Cemetery.

Fitzer is one of the women celebrated in the mosaic of Damoe-Ra Park.

Resources Library & Archives NT hold the following resources from Fitzer

NTRS 1734 Copies of extracts from letters written by Tas and Eileen Fitzer about police work and life in remote areas of the Northern Territory (1939 - 1955). NTRS 226 TS 588, Transcript of oral history interview with Eillen Fitzer (1990), interviewer Ronda Jamieson.