{{short description|Australian Aboriginal academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Jill Milroy | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(as myimage.jpg, no 'File:')--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = Pilbara, Western Australia | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | other_names = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = | patrons = | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = AM | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} '''Jillian Debora Milroy''', AM is an Australian Aboriginal academic specialising in traditional forms of knowledge, including storytelling. She is of Palyku descent. Of her siblings, Sally Morgan is an author and artist,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A108506|title=Gladys Milroy: author of Dingo's Tree|work=AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource|date=4 July 2017|accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A35035|title=Sally Morgan: author of My Place|work=AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource|date=20 May 2019|accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref> Helen Milroy is a child psychiatrist who was the first indigenous Australian to become a medical doctor,<ref name="laurie">{{cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~facp/sally2interview.html |title=An Interview with Sally Morgan |first=Victoria |last=Laurie |publisher=Fremantle Arts Centre Press|date=23 October 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215163318/http://members.iinet.net.au/~facp/sally2interview.html|archive-date=15 December 2004 }}</ref><ref>Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (2009), ''Journeys into Medicine'', AIDA: Sydney. P. 4. {{ISBN|978 0 646 52119 0}}.</ref> David is a playwright,<ref name="laurie"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://australianplays.org/playwright/CP-milpal|title=David Milroy|publisher=AustralianPlays|accessdate=29 February 2020|archive-date=29 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229094348/https://australianplays.org/playwright/CP-milpal|url-status=dead}}</ref> and William has worked as a senior public servant.<ref name="laurie"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nuntirrpa.com/about-us/|title=About us|publisher=Nuntirrpa|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111055052/http://www.nuntirrpa.com/about-us/|archive-date=11 January 2019}}</ref>
She was dean and Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA) School of Indigenous Studies and was its founding head.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.educating4equity.net/jillmilroyuwaeduau |title=Jill.Milroy@uwa.edu.au | Educating for Equity ~ a tri-nations initiative |publisher=Educating4equity.net |accessdate=2014-08-14 |archive-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814130711/http://www.educating4equity.net/jillmilroyuwaeduau |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/jill-milroy |title=Profiles > Jill Milroy |publisher=Sis.uwa.edu.au |accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref> Milroy is currently Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous Education at UWA and Director of UWA's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Jill Milroy|url=http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/people/jill.milroy|website=University of Western Australia|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref>
== Selected works == * ''Wordal'', 2001 * ''Dingo's tree'', 2011 * ''Native title claims in Canada and Australia : Delgamuukw and Miriuwung Gajerrong'', 1999 * ''Gnyung Waart Kooling Kulark - released : going home'', 2003<ref>{{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Mel |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AMilroy%2C+Jill.&qt=hot_author |title=Results for 'au:Milroy, Jill.' |publisher=Worldcat.org |accessdate=2014-08-14}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milroy, Jill}} Category:Living people Category:Indigenous Australian women academics Category:Indigenous Australian academics Category:21st-century Australian women academics Category:21st-century Australian academics Category:Academic staff of the University of Western Australia Category:Australian women academics Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Members of the Order of Australia
{{Australia-bio-stub}}