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| name = Justine Saunders |
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| caption = Justine Saunders as Rhonda in a scene from ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'' |
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| birthname = Justine Florence Saunders |
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| birthdate = [[20 February]] [[1953]] |
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| location = [[Quilpie, Queensland|Quilpie]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] {{flagicon|Australia}} |
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| deathdate = [[15 April]] [[2007]] |
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| deathplace = [[Sydney, New South Wales|Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] {{flagicon|Australia}} |
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| yearsactive = 1976–2003 |
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| notable role = '''Rhonda Jackson''' in ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]''<br />'''Pamela Madigan''' in ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' |
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'''Justine Florence Saunders, OAM''' ([[20 February]] [[1953]] – [[April 15]] [[2007]]) was an [[Australian]] stage, film and television actress. She was a member of the Woppaburra [[Australian aborigines|indigenous]] people, from the Kanomie clan of [[Keppel Island]] in [[Queensland]]. She was born next to a railway track. At the age of 11, she was removed from her mother Heather, and taken to Brisbane and placed in a [[convent]]. Heather was not told of Justine's whereabouts for more than ten years, and spent much of that time searching for her. |
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She first came to prominence as a cast member of the [[1970s]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'' in 1976, and is also remembered for her role in ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' as Pamela Madigan. |
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More recent TV credits include: ''[[Farscape]]'', ''[[Blue Heelers]]'', the mini-series ''[[Women of the Sun]]'', and ''[[MDA (television)|MDA]]''. |
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Her film work includes ''[[The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith]]'' and ''[[The Fringe Dwellers]]''. |
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In 1991 Justine Saunders was awarded a Medal of the [[Order of Australia]] (OAM), for her services to the performing arts, her services to the [[National Aboriginal Theatre]], and for her assistance in setting up the Black Theatre and the [[Aboriginal National Theatre Trust]]. |
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In 2000, through the indigenous Senator [[Aden Ridgeway]], she returned the medal in protest at the emotional turmoil her mother was suffering over the [[John Howard|Howard]] government's denial of the term "[[stolen generation]]". |
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Saunders died of [[cancer]] at Hawkesbury District Hospital, [[Sydney]], aged 54. |
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==External links== |
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* {{imdb name|id=0766856|name=Justine Saunders}} |
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* {{cite news | first=Gerry | last=Carman | coauthors= | title=A fight against the stereotype |date=April 18 2007 | publisher= | url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-fight-against-the-stereotype/2007/04/17/1176696832631.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 | work =The Sydney Morning Herald | pages = | accessdate = 2007-04-19 | language = }}Obituary. |
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==References== |
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* Obituary ''"Aboriginal actress who broke stereotypes"'', by Gerry Carman and Pauline Clague, ''[[The Age]]'', [[17 April]], [[2007]]. |
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[[Category:1953 births]] |
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[[Category:2007 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Australian film actors]] |
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[[Category:Australian stage actors]] |
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[[Category:Australian television actors]] |
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[[Category:Cancer deaths]] |
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[[Category:People from Queensland]] |
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[[Category:People from Sydney]] |
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[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Australia Medal]] |
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