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== Early life == |
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[[File:Freda & Rona Glynn ph0034-0054.jpg|thumb|At St Mary's hostel in Alice Springs ({{circa|1950s}}); tallest girl in the back row is Rona Glynn, with sister Freda Glynn to the viewer's left<ref name=ntstories/>]] |
[[File:Freda & Rona Glynn ph0034-0054.jpg|thumb|At St Mary's hostel in Alice Springs ({{circa|1950s}}); tallest girl in the back row is Rona Glynn, with sister Freda Glynn to the viewer's left<ref name=ntstories/>]] |
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Alfreda Glynn<ref name=wmoa>{{cite web | title=Glynn, Alfreda | website=[[Women's Museum of Australia]] | url=https://wmoa.com.au/herstory-archive/glynn-alfreda | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> was born on 24 August 1939<ref name=hostelrecords>{{cite web | title=St Mary's Hostel, Alice Springs | quote = [from] [[National Archives of Australia]], Darwin Office, Series F1, Item 1951/638, Part 2| website=Centre for Indigenous Family History Studies |date =1953|format = transcript of correspondence| url=http://www.cifhs.com/ntrecords/nthcc/St_Marys_Hostel.html | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> at Woodgreen Station (Atartinga), {{cvt|150|km}} north of [[Alice Springs]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book| title=A remote possibility : the battle for Imparja Television|last=Bell, Wendy.|date=2008|publisher=IAD Press|isbn=9781864650976|location=Alice Springs, N.T.|oclc=213844634}}</ref> the daughter of Ron Price and Topsy Glynn, a housemaid and cook for a Mr R. H. Purvis. She is the half-sister of [[Rona Glynn]],<ref name=naa/> and granddaughter of Isobelle Violet Price<ref name=wmoa/> (Hesketh), the first lone woman to run a [[sheep station|station]], after her husband Fred, tlegraph master of [[Alice Springs Telegraph Station]], had died.<ref>{{cite web | title=Price, Isobelle Violet - 25/04/1876 | website=Women's Museum of Australia | date=18 June 2020 | url=https://wmoa.com.au/herstory-archive/price-isobelle-violet-hesketh | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> |
Alfreda Glynn<ref name=wmoa>{{cite web | title=Glynn, Alfreda | website=[[Women's Museum of Australia]] | url=https://wmoa.com.au/herstory-archive/glynn-alfreda | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> was born on 24 August 1939<ref name=hostelrecords>{{cite web | title=St Mary's Hostel, Alice Springs | quote = [from] [[National Archives of Australia]], Darwin Office, Series F1, Item 1951/638, Part 2| website=Centre for Indigenous Family History Studies |date =1953|format = transcript of correspondence| url=http://www.cifhs.com/ntrecords/nthcc/St_Marys_Hostel.html | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> at Woodgreen Station (Atartinga), {{cvt|150|km}} north of [[Alice Springs]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book| title=A remote possibility : the battle for Imparja Television|last=Bell, Wendy.|date=2008|publisher=IAD Press|isbn=9781864650976|location=Alice Springs, N.T.|oclc=213844634}}</ref> the daughter of Ron Price and Topsy Glynn,{{efn|Both sisters are listed in their respective articles as having this father and mother - sources need checking.}} a housemaid and cook for a Mr R. H. Purvis. She is the half-sister of [[Rona Glynn]],<ref name=naa/> and granddaughter of Isobelle Violet Price<ref name=wmoa/> (Hesketh), the first lone woman to run a [[sheep station|station]], after her husband Fred, tlegraph master of [[Alice Springs Telegraph Station]], had died.<ref>{{cite web | title=Price, Isobelle Violet - 25/04/1876 | website=Women's Museum of Australia | date=18 June 2020 | url=https://wmoa.com.au/herstory-archive/price-isobelle-violet-hesketh | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> |
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In September 1939 Rona and Freda were placed in [[The Bungalow]], a "half-caste institution" at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station. Topsy worked as a [[laundress]] here in order to stay with her children, having expressed a wish to do this rather than return to work for Purvis.<ref name=naa>{{cite web|url=http://www.cifhs.com/ntrecords/ntgeneral/F126_33_Halfcaste_Institution.html|title=Half-caste Institution 1940 - 1941|date=2007|website=[[National Archives of Australia]]|access-date=26 March 2017}}</ref> Freda never knew her father.<ref name="Lever 2019">{{cite web | last=Lever | first=Brandon | title='It was for us': She gave voice to bush communities | website=Newsworthy | date=17 July 2019 | url=https://www.newsworthy.org.au/freda-glynn-gives-bush-communities-voice-2639192606.html | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> |
In September 1939 Rona and Freda were placed in [[The Bungalow]], a "half-caste institution" at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station. Topsy worked as a [[laundress]] here in order to stay with her children, having expressed a wish to do this rather than return to work for Purvis.<ref name=naa>{{cite web|url=http://www.cifhs.com/ntrecords/ntgeneral/F126_33_Halfcaste_Institution.html|title=Half-caste Institution 1940 - 1941|date=2007|website=[[National Archives of Australia]]|access-date=26 March 2017}}</ref> Freda never knew her father.<ref name="Lever 2019">{{cite web | last=Lever | first=Brandon | title='It was for us': She gave voice to bush communities | website=Newsworthy | date=17 July 2019 | url=https://www.newsworthy.org.au/freda-glynn-gives-bush-communities-voice-2639192606.html | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> |
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Glynn is the matriarch of a filmmaking family. Two of her children, [[Erica Glynn]] and [[Warwick Thornton]], are both successful filmmakers, as are two of her grandchildren: [[Dylan River]] and Tanith Glynn-Maloney.<ref name=nitv2019/> Thornton has said that his mother taught him to have a voice, as she expressed her anger at the injustices around her, and Erica said "CAAMA was about giving voice to people who'd never had voice". Freda Glynn showed her offspring and many others that (in Erica's words) "you can't tell anyone else's story"; Australia needs Indigenous storytellers, and CAAMA had enabled many of them to pursue their careers.<ref name="Lever 2019"/> |
Glynn is the matriarch of a filmmaking family. Two of her children, [[Erica Glynn]] and [[Warwick Thornton]], are both successful filmmakers, as are two of her grandchildren: [[Dylan River]] and Tanith Glynn-Maloney.<ref name=nitv2019/> Thornton has said that his mother taught him to have a voice, as she expressed her anger at the injustices around her, and Erica said "CAAMA was about giving voice to people who'd never had voice". Freda Glynn showed her offspring and many others that (in Erica's words) "you can't tell anyone else's story"; Australia needs Indigenous storytellers, and CAAMA had enabled many of them to pursue their careers.<ref name="Lever 2019"/> |
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Revision as of 09:57, 24 October 2022
Freda Glynn | |
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Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Woodgreen Station, Northern Territory |
Years active | 1980s– |
Known for | Co-founding CAAMA |
Children | Erica Glynn Warwick Thornton |
Parents |
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Relatives | Rona Glynn (half-sister) |
Alfreda "Freda" Glynn AM (born 24 August 1939), also known as Freda Thornton, is a Kaytetye photographer and media specialist. She is known as co-founder of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association Group of Companies, which incorporates CAAMA and Imparja.
Early life
Alfreda Glynn[2] was born on 24 August 1939[3] at Woodgreen Station (Atartinga), 150 km (93 mi) north of Alice Springs,[4] the daughter of Ron Price and Topsy Glynn,[a] a housemaid and cook for a Mr R. H. Purvis. She is the half-sister of Rona Glynn,[5] and granddaughter of Isobelle Violet Price[2] (Hesketh), the first lone woman to run a station, after her husband Fred, tlegraph master of Alice Springs Telegraph Station, had died.[6]
In September 1939 Rona and Freda were placed in The Bungalow, a "half-caste institution" at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station. Topsy worked as a laundress here in order to stay with her children, having expressed a wish to do this rather than return to work for Purvis.[5] Freda never knew her father.[7]
During World War II, Glynn, with her mother and sister and around 40 other children,[7] were evacuated to a Church Missionary Society camp in the Blue Mountains (Mulgoa[8]), New South Wales, via Melbourne, following the bombing of Darwin and Katherine.[9] Glynn and her family were returned to Alice Springs in 1949, when she was 10 years old, and they lived at St Mary's Hostel and attended Alice Springs High School until she was 17.[4] The accompanying photo shows Rona – the tallest girl in the back row – and Erica, to her right (viewer's left) during this time.[1] St Mary's was run by the Australian Board of Missions, and provided accommodation and schooling for Aboriginal children who had been either placed there by their parents or by the Director of Native Affairs. Several returning evacuees were placed there after the war.[8] In 1953, both Freda and Rona are listed as wards of the N.A.B., with Freda a school student while Rona was employed in Alice Springs.[3]
Career
After leaving school, in 1956, Glynn worked at Trish Collier's photographic studio in the darkroom; she was one of the first Aboriginal girls in Alice Springs to get a job other than as a domestic or cleaner. She had a number of other roles before she became involved in media.[citation needed] She also worked as a cleaner, and raised five children during this time.[7]
In 1977, after gaining a community development qualification from the South Australian Institute of Technology, she started work as a community development adviser for the Department of Aboriginal Affairs.[citation needed]
In 1980, after much consideration, Glynn joined John Macumba and Philip Batty in volunteering to make The Aboriginal Half Hour, the first Aboriginal radio program in the Northern Territory,[10] where she began recording interviews around town, doing the program "links" and voice-overs as well as working on English language programming. Following this Glynn became an advocate for Aboriginal media and was appointed as a committee member of CAAMA when it was chartered on 12 May 1980; this again was a voluntary position.[4]
In June 1981 Macumba resigned as the director of CAAMA and was replaced by Glynn, then known by her married name Thornton, with Philip Batty as the deputy director; the two worked together from 1981 to 1991. During this period CAAMA grew exponentially and they established:[10]
- 8KIN-FM, the first Aboriginal radio station in Australia (1980[2])
- CAAMA Productions, a film and video production house
- CAAMA Shop Pty. Ltd, retail outlets
- Imparja Television, a commercial television service, which started broadcasting in 1988, and was chaired by Glynn for some time[9]
During the early 1980s, CAAMA also mailed out around 300 audio cassette tapes each month to remote rural communities, containing news that affected them, along with health information, interviews, music and stories.[7]
After Imparja was established, a three-year training grant was provided by the government, which provided training for Indigenous students in journalism, film, and other aspects of media. Two of Glynn's children, Erica Glynn and Warwick Thornton, and her granddaughter Tanith Glynn-Maloney, along with many other now well-known names in the industry, such as Trisha Morton-Thomas, Rachel Perkins, and Steven McGregor, got their initial training at CAAMA.[7][11]
Following her time at CAAMA, Glynn continued to work in media.[12]
Recognition and honours
- 1991: Member of the Order of Australia, in the Australia Day Honours list, for service to broadcasting and to the Aboriginal community[13]
- 2002: Award for Contribution to Indigenous Media at the Third Tudawali Indigenous Film and Video Awards[12][9]
- 2018: Don Dunstan Award at the Adelaide Film Festival, along with her filmmaking family members[14][15]
In film
In 2002 Glynn played Grandma Nina in the short drama film Shit Skin, about a young man who takes his grandmother back to her childhood community, in order to reconnect with her surviving family.[12][9]
In 2019 Erica Glynn released her feature documentary, She Who Must Be Loved, about her mother; she was assisted by her granddaughter Tanith Glynn-Maloney.[16] The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival in October 2018, which was attended by the family,[17] and was also screened at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival, at which Freda Glynn addressed the audience.[7]
Family and impact
Glynn is the matriarch of a filmmaking family. Two of her children, Erica Glynn and Warwick Thornton, are both successful filmmakers, as are two of her grandchildren: Dylan River and Tanith Glynn-Maloney.[16] Thornton has said that his mother taught him to have a voice, as she expressed her anger at the injustices around her, and Erica said "CAAMA was about giving voice to people who'd never had voice". Freda Glynn showed her offspring and many others that (in Erica's words) "you can't tell anyone else's story"; Australia needs Indigenous storytellers, and CAAMA had enabled many of them to pursue their careers.[7]
Footnotes
- ^ Both sisters are listed in their respective articles as having this father and mother - sources need checking.
References
- ^ a b "Students". Territory Stories. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
St Marys, the Anglican Church Hostel for Aboriginal children. Seated in the uniform with the white collar is Sister Eileen heath (decd). Seated next to her is Mrs. Schroder, who helped Sister Eileen run the home. The tallest girl in the back row is Rona Glynn, who would go on to work as a teacher at Hartley Street School in Alice Springs before studying nursing in Melbourne. The Rona Glynn preschool is named in her honour. Freda Glynn (Rona's sister) is standing to Rona's left. Freda Glynn was a co-founder of CAAMA and Imparja.
- ^ a b c d "Glynn, Alfreda". Women's Museum of Australia. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b "St Mary's Hostel, Alice Springs" (transcript of correspondence). Centre for Indigenous Family History Studies. 1953. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
[from] National Archives of Australia, Darwin Office, Series F1, Item 1951/638, Part 2
- ^ a b c Bell, Wendy. (2008). A remote possibility : the battle for Imparja Television. Alice Springs, N.T.: IAD Press. ISBN 9781864650976. OCLC 213844634.
- ^ a b "Half-caste Institution 1940 - 1941". National Archives of Australia. 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Price, Isobelle Violet - 25/04/1876". Women's Museum of Australia. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lever, Brandon (17 July 2019). "'It was for us': She gave voice to bush communities". Newsworthy. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b "St Mary's Hostel - Summary". Find & Connect. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d Lemon, Barbara (6 October 2008). "Freda Glynn". The Women's Pages. Australian Women's Archives Project. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b Batty, Philip (September 2003). Governing cultural difference: the incorporation of the Aboriginal subject into the mechanisms of government with reference to the development of Aboriginal radio and television in Central Australia (PhD). University of South Australia.
- ^ "Tanith Glynn-Maloney prepares to tell more 'blackfella' stories". IF Magazine. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "Glynn, Freda". The Australian Women's Register. National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Ms Freda GLYNN: Member of the Order of Australia". Australian Honours Search Facility. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Siemienowicz, Rochelle (1 November 2018). "Freda Glynn - from little things, big things grow". ScreenHub Australia. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Maddox, Garry (14 October 2018). "'Nana Freda' is honoured as a pioneer of Indigenous film and TV". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Freda Glynn biography wins documentary film of the year at SFF". NITV. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Capurso, Nicky (15 October 2018). "She Who Must Be Loved premiere". InDaily. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
Further reading
- Glynn, Freda (1986). "Interview with Freda Glynn". Lilith: A Feminist History Journal (3). Interviewed by Wells, Julie. ANU Press: 26–44 – via Informit. PDF
- Mailman, Deborah (introduction) (2018), Duthie, Amanda (ed.), Kin : an extraordinary Australian filmmaking family: Including Freda Glynn, Warwick Thornton, Erica Glynn, Dylan River, Tanith Glynn-Maloney [Trove catalogue entry], Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-1-74305-635-6,
In Kin: An extraordinary Australian filmmaking family, artists and filmmakers from all over the world pay tribute to the indomitable Freda Glynn and her family.
- Siemienowicz, Rochelle (1 November 2018). "Freda Glynn - from little things, big things grow". ScreenHub Australia. Book review and extract.