Eileen Kampakuta Brown
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Eileen Kampakuta Brown is an Aboriginal
elder from Australia
. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 2003 together with Eileen Wani Wingfield
, for efforts to stop governmental plans for nuclear waste
dump in Australia's wild desert
land, and for protection of their land and culture.
Brown (with other elder women) formed the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta
, Cooper Pedy Women's Council, in 1995.
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
elder from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
in 2003 together with Eileen Wani Wingfield
Eileen Wani Wingfield
Eileen Wani Wingfield is an Aboriginal elder from Australia. She was jointly awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003 with Eileen Kampakuta Brown, for efforts to stop the plans for nuclear waste dump in Australia's wild desert land, and for protection of their land and culture.Wingfield ...
, for efforts to stop governmental plans for nuclear waste
Radioactive waste
Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine...
dump in Australia's wild desert
Desert
A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Most deserts have an average annual precipitation of less than...
land, and for protection of their land and culture.
Brown (with other elder women) formed the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta
Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta
The Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta is a council of Senior Aboriginal Women from Coober Pedy, South Australia. They protest against Government plans to dump radioactive waste dump in their land, and for protection of their land and culture....
, Cooper Pedy Women's Council, in 1995.