Mary Montgomerie Bennett

Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881-1961) svadeshee nyaay ke lie ek Australian kaaryakarta theen, ek shikshak aur ostreliyaee aadivaasee adhikaaron ke lie ek aise samay mein adhivakta theen jab yah basane vaale ostreliyaee logon ke beech saamaany nahin tha. Mary Montgomerie Bennett ka bachapan inglaind aur ostreliya donon mein beeta, jahaan unake pita robart kristisan ka uttaree kveensalaind mein ek steshan tha. 1910 tak, parivaar bech diya gaya tha aur sthaayee roop se inglaind mein sthaanaantarit ho gaya tha. benet ne 1914 mein chaarls dagalas benet se shaadee kee. 1927 mein, unhonne apane pita kee jeevanee kristisan of laimaramoor prakaashit kee, jo us samay aadivaasiyon ke prati aabaadiyon kee hinsa kee sveekrti ke lie tulanaatmak roop se asaamaany thee. London mein rahate hue unhonne da ostreliyan eborijinal aiz e hyooman beeing (1930) bhee prakaashit kiya. 1930 mein, apane pati kee mrtyu ke baad, benet ne apana shesh jeevan aadivaasee kalyaan ke lie samarpit karane ke lie parth, pashchimee ostreliya mein sthaanaantarit kar diya. 1932 mein, benet levartan ke paas maunt maargaret mishan mein bas gae. aadivaasee bachchon kee shikshika ke roop mein kaam karate hue, vah mahila seva gild sahit sakriy samoohon mein bhee sakriy roop se shaamil theen. unake kaam ke kaaran 1934 mein mosale royal kameeshan ka gathan hua. Aayog ke samaksh apanee gavaahee ke dauraan, benet ne aadivaasee mahilaon ke kathit vyaapak yaun shoshan ke saath-saath adhikaariyon dvaara unake bachchon ko jabaran hataane kee ninda kee.