Jean Aileen Little

Jean Aileen Little
OAM
Gaarkamunda
Little in 2012
Born1941 (age 83–84)
NationalityAustralian
Other namesJean Jans, Jean Ling
Alma materSt. Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
Occupation(s)Nurse, Public Servant, Aboriginal Affairs Activist
AwardsMedal of the Order of Australia

Jean Aileen Little OAM, née Ling (also known as Jean Jans from her first marriage, born 1941) is an Australian Aboriginal leader and community advocate from Mapoon in the Far North Queensland. In 1997 the then Governor of Queensland, Leneen Forde, awarded Little the Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to Aboriginal health and community services.

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