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Lesley Hall

1954 – 2013

Australian disability advocate and arts administrator

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About Lesley Hall

Lived 1954 – 2013 (aged 58). Lesley Hall was an Australian arts administrator and disability rights activist.

Lesley Maria Hall (27 November 1954 – 19 October 2013) was a disability advocate, arts administrator, writer and activist. She was one of the founders of the Women with Disabilities Feminist Collective (WDFC), now known as Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA), and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO). She was also co-founder of the Disability Resource Centre, and was credited with getting her brother Frank Hall-Bentick involved in the organisation, as well as disability advocacy.

In 1981 Hall staged a protest at the Miss Australia Quest, a beauty pageant held as a fundraiser for the organisation then known as the Spastic Society.

Hall was a member of the Melbourne Workers Theatre, and worked as an arts officer for the Darebin City Council. She received a posthumous Order of Australia medal in 2015. The Lesley Hall Scholarship is an annual award in Hall's honour by Arts Access Victoria.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Arts administrator, disability rights activist
Nationality
Education
La Trobe University
Employers
City of Darebin
Awards
Medal of the Order of Australia; Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Also known as
Lesley Maria Hall, Lesley Hall-Bentick

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Lesley Hall's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Lesley Hall?

Australian disability advocate and arts administrator

When was Lesley Hall born?

Lesley Hall was born on 27 November 1954 in Port Fairy.

When did Lesley Hall die?

Lesley Hall died on 19 October 2013 in Heidelberg.

What was Lesley Hall's occupation?

Lesley Hall was an arts administrator and disability rights activist.

What nationality was Lesley Hall?

Lesley Hall was Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Lesley Hall

· Wikidata: Q111195619

· DBpedia: Lesley Hall

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