Dorothy Buckland-Fuller

Dorothy Buckland-Fuller AM, MBE (21 January 1922 – 5 July 2019) was an Australian sociologist, peace and human rights activist, migrant community advocate and humanist.

Early life and education

Buckland-Fuller was born Dorothea Dimitropoulou in 1922 in Port Said, Egypt to Greek parents.^[1] Having lived for some years in England she migrated with her husband to Sydney, Australia in 1961. She studied at the University of New South Wales, completing a BA in 1969, followed by a MA Qual (Honours equivalent) in Sociology in 1972.^[2]

Career

In 1974 Buckland-Fuller founded the Australian Migrant Women's Association to provide networking opportunities for migrant women.^[3]

She was appointed one of seven commissioners appointed to the Ethnic Affairs Commission of New South Wales in May 1977.^[4]

Buckland-Fuller was president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 2002–2004.^[2]

With Robyn Williams, she was joint patron of the Humanist Society of New South Wales Inc.^[5]

Buckland-Fuller died on 5 July 2019.^[6][7]

Awards and recognition

In the 1977 Queen's Birthday Honours Buckland-Fuller was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) "in recognition of service to the community".^[8][9]

In 2001 she was made a life member of the Council of the Greek Orthodox Community of Sydney and New South Wales in recognition of her 40 years' service to the Greek community.^[2] In the same year she was chosen as one of the first group of women to be inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.^[10]

She was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the community as a contributor to a range of social justice, ethnic and migrant women's organisations and through raising awareness of issues affecting women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds".^[11]

One of the four tunnel boring machines used to construct the Sydney Metro West was named Dorothy in her honour.^[12]

Works

• Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy (1981). Immigrant Women and Sexual Harassment at Work. Government Printer.

Conference papers

• Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy; Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference (1975 : University of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z.) (1975), Immigrant women in Australia, U.N.S.W.], retrieved 29 January 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• —; National Women's Health Conference (1975 : University of Queensland) (1975), Isolation of immigrant women in Australian society, U.N.S.W, retrieved 29 January 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• —; Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia. (The aged in ethnic communities) (National Congress : 1984 : University of Melbourne) (1984), Ageing people of non-English-speaking background, retrieved 29 January 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• —; Latin American Women's Association Seminar (2nd : 1985 : Sydney, N.S.W.) (1985), Women of non-English speaking background in Australian society : an overview, NSW Council on the Ageing?, retrieved 29 January 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• —; N.S.W. Council on the Ageing; N.S.W. Council on the Ageing. (1986 : Sydney, N.S.W.) (1986), Strategies for involving ageing people of non-English speaking background in the home and community care programme, retrieved 29 January 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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