Margaret Williams-Weir

Margaret Williams-Weir (1940 - 1 October 2015) was an Australian educator, researcher and Royal Canadian Naval officer. Williams-Weir was the first Aboriginal person to matriculate to an Australian University (shared with Geoffrey Penny), attend an Australian University and graduate from an Australian University.

Williams-Weir was a descendant of the Gumbaynggirr and Malera of the Bundjalung people of northern New South Wales.

Education Williams-Weir graduated from Casino High School in 1956 on a 50 pounds Aboriginal Welfare Board Scholarship. After being offered a scholarship by the University of Queensland, she enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts in 1957. After a semester, she took up an Abschol Award to study at the University of Melbourne, where she completed in a Diploma of Physical Education in 1959, becoming the first Indigenous Australian with a university qualification.

Naval service Williams-Weir was a member of the Royal Canadian Navy from 1966 to 1969.