Dorothy Buckland-Fuller
{{short description|Australian humanist, feminist, migrant community and peace advocate and sociologist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = August 2019}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dorothy Buckland-Fuller
| post-nominals = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|size=100|AM|MBE}}
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| birth_name = Dorothea Dimitropoulou
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|01|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Port Said, Egypt
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|07|05|1922|01|21|df=y}}
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| nationality = Australian
| other_names = Dorothy Buckland
| occupation = humanist, sociologist, feminist, migrant community advocate, peace and human rights activist, peace activist
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| known_for = founder, Australian-Migrant Women's Association
| notable_works = Immigrant Women and Sexual Harassment at Work
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Dorothy Buckland-Fuller {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|AM|MBE}} (21 January 1922 – 5 July 2019) was an Australian sociologist, peace and human rights activist, migrant community advocate and humanist.
Early life and education
Buckland-Fuller was born Dorothea Dimitropoulou in 1922 in Port Said, Egypt to Greek parents.{{Cite web|last=Chan|first=Angela|date=2019-09-02|title=Dorothy Buckland Fuller: campaigner for welfare of migrants and women|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/dorothy-buckland-fuller-campaigner-for-welfare-of-migrants-and-women-20190829-p52m2o.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}} Having lived for some years in England she migrated with her husband to Sydney, Australia in 1961. She studied at the University of New South Wales, completing a BA in 1969, followed by a MA Qual (Honours equivalent) in Sociology in 1972.{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0201b.htm|title=Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy|last=Dellios|first=Alexandra|date=|website=The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia|language=en-gb|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-01-29}}
Career
In 1974 Buckland-Fuller founded the Australian Migrant Women's Association to provide networking opportunities for migrant women.{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-752077|title=Australian-Migrant Women's Association. (1974-1990) - People and organisations|website=Trove|language=en|access-date=2019-01-29}}
She was appointed one of seven commissioners appointed to the Ethnic Affairs Commission of New South Wales in May 1977.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110847612|title=New role for Pangallo|date=1977-05-27|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)|access-date=2019-01-29|pages=7}}
Buckland-Fuller was president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 2002–2004.
With Robyn Williams, she was joint patron of the Humanist Society of New South Wales Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hsnsw.asn.au/aboutus.php?tab=1|title=About the NSW Humanists|website=www.hsnsw.asn.au|access-date=2019-01-29}}
Buckland-Fuller died on 5 July 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/8597/dorothy-buckland-fuller-mbe-am/|title=Dorothy Buckland-Fuller MBE AM|website=Skymorials|language=en|access-date=2019-07-14}}{{cite news |title=Dorothy Buckland dies age 97 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/greek/en/article/2019/07/09/pliris-imeron-afise-ta-egkosmia-i-ntorothi-mpaklant |accessdate=16 July 2019 |work=SBS Your Language |date=10 July 2019 |language=en}}
Awards and recognition
In the 1977 Queen's Birthday Honours Buckland-Fuller was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) "in recognition of service to the community".{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1087431|title=Dorothy Buckland|last=|first=|date=|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-01-29}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110849963|title=The 1977 Queen's Birthday Honours List|date=1977-06-11|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)|access-date=2019-01-29|pages=14}}
In 2001 she was made a life member of the Council of the Greek Orthodox Community of Sydney and New South Wales in recognition of her 40 years' service to the Greek community. In the same year she was chosen as one of the first group of women to be inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.{{cite web|url=https://www.whise.org.au/assets/docs/policy/Victorian%20Honour%20Roll%20of%20Women%202001-%202011.pdf|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women: List of Inductees 2001-2018|website=WHISE: Women's Health in the South East|accessdate=2019-01-29}}
She was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the community as a contributor to a range of social justice, ethnic and migrant women's organisations and through raising awareness of issues affecting women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds".{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1138627|title=Dorothy Buckland-Fuller|last=|first=|date=|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-01-29}}
One of the four tunnel boring machines used to construct the Sydney Metro West was named Dorothy in her honour.{{Cite web |title=Tunnelling |url=https://www.sydneymetro.info/tunnelling |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Sydney Metro |language=en}}
Works
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsyMNAAACAAJ|title=Immigrant Women and Sexual Harassment at Work|last=Buckland-Fuller|first=Dorothy|date=1981|publisher=Government Printer|language=en}}
=Conference papers=
- {{Citation | author1=Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy | author2=Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference (1975 : University of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z.) | title=Immigrant women in Australia | date=1975 | publisher=U.N.S.W.] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/186649807 | accessdate=29 January 2019 }}
- {{Citation | author1=Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy | author2=National Women's Health Conference (1975 : University of Queensland) | title=Isolation of immigrant women in Australian society | date=1975 | publisher=U.N.S.W | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/185658246 | accessdate=29 January 2019 |author-mask=1}}
- {{Citation | author1=Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy | author2=Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia. (The aged in ethnic communities) (National Congress : 1984 : University of Melbourne) | title=Ageing people of non-English-speaking background | date=1984 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19284038 | accessdate=29 January 2019 |author-mask=1 }}
- {{Citation | author1=Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy | author2=Latin American Women's Association Seminar (2nd : 1985 : Sydney, N.S.W.) | title=Women of non-English speaking background in Australian society : an overview | date=1985 | publisher=NSW Council on the Ageing? | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19284024 | accessdate=29 January 2019 |author-mask=1 }}
- {{Citation | author1=Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy | author2=N.S.W. Council on the Ageing | author3=N.S.W. Council on the Ageing. (1986 : Sydney, N.S.W.) | title=Strategies for involving ageing people of non-English speaking background in the home and community care programme | date=1986 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12858197 | accessdate=29 January 2019 |author-mask=1 }}
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Category:University of New South Wales alumni
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Members of the Order of Australia
Category:Australian sociologists
Category:Australian women sociologists
Category:Egyptian people of Greek descent
Category:Egyptian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:British emigrants to Australia