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Hetty Perkins ( c. 1895 [a] – 8 December 1979) was an elder of the Eastern Arrernte people, an Aboriginal group from Central Australia. Several of her descendants have had prominent careers in various fields, both in the Northern Territory and in other states and territories.
Hetty Perkins (c.1895-1979), Arrernte matriarch, was born about 1895 at Arltunga, Northern Territory, daughter of Harry Perkins, a White miner from Broken Hill, New South Wales, and his wife Nellie Errerreke, an Aborigine from the Arrernte people of Central Australia.
Hetty Perkins was an Aranda woman from Central Australia. From the age of 14 she worked as a kitchen-hand at a hotel in Arltunga, and rode out mustering and watering cattle for the hotel owner. She had eleven children, and her son Charles Perkins became the first Aboriginal person to hold a senior public service appointment.
Hetty Perkins: Born: 1895 Arltunga, Northern Territory, Australia. Died: 8 December, 1979 (aged ~ 84) Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Cultural Heritage: Indigenous Australian
Perkins, Hetty (1895-1979) Type Resource Section Author Read, Peter In Australian Dictionary of Biography; Imprint National Centre of Biography, Australian National ...
Hetty Perkins (c.1905 - 1979) was an Aranda woman from Central Australia. Her date of birth is unknown but was probably around 1905 as she recalled the appearance of Halley's comet when she was a child.
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Hetti Kemerre Perkins (born 1965) is an Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer. She is known for her work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery from around 1998 until 2011, and for many significant exhibitions and projects.
