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        1. In the Melbourne.
        2. This image or other work is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired.
        3. Series 20 includes working papers from an article by Diane Barwick about Louisa Strugnell Briggs entitled 'Sealers, Settlements, Scandals: A Biographical Puzzle.
        4. ^ According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Louisa Briggs was probably the daughter of Doog-by-er-um-boroke, a Woiorung woman.

          5. This image or other work is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired.!

          Louisa Briggs

          Australian Aboriginal leader, dormitory matron, and nurse (1836–1925)

          Louisa Briggs

          Briggs and grandson William in 1877

          Born

          Louisa Esmai Strugnell


          (1818-11-14)14 November 1818 or 1836 (1836)

          Port Phillip Bay, New Holland (Australia) or Preservation Island, Tasmania, Australia

          Died6 or 8 September 1925

          Cumeroogunga, New South Wales, Australia

          Other namesLouisa Strugnell
          Occupation(s)Prospector, farm worker, midwife, nurse, dormitory matron, human rights activist
          Years active1853–1903
          Children9
          RelativesEllen Atkinson (granddaughter)
          Carolyn Briggs (great-granddaughter)

          Louisa Briggs (née Strugnell; 14 November 1818 or 1836 – 6 or 8 September 1925) was an Aboriginal Australian rights activist, dormitory matron, midwife and nurse.

          She is officially recognised by the Victorian Government and the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council as one of five apical ancestors from whom Boonwurrung descent