Lynette Nixon

Lynette Nixon is an Australian human rights advocate, author, and community leader. A Gunggari woman from south-west Queensland, she is recognised for her advocacy for education, traditional language, reconciliation, health, housing, and legal services for Aboriginal communities.

Advocacy Nixon was involved in establishing the Aboriginal Housing Company in 1979, serving as president, vice-president, and a committee member for many years. She developed educational resources for Aboriginal studies and introduced a language program into primary schools as a language worker for the Kombumerri Aboriginal Corporation.

Nixon is the director of the Gunggari Native Title Aboriginal Corporation and the founding member and Gunggari representative on the Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations (NBAN) Committee.

Nixon, a founding member of Queensland Murray–Darling Committee's Regional Aboriginal Advisory Group (RAAG), launched the Queensland Murray–Darling Committee 'Reconciliation Action Plan – Innovate' at Goondiwindi in 2018.

Works

Awards 2008 Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Award "Myalla Booboghun" Big Talking Women