After marrying and raising a family, she studied journalism and worked in film and television production.
At eighteen, Doris left the mission system as the first of its members to qualify as a nursing aide at the Royal Perth Hospital. Molly Craig walked back to Jigalong but was only able to carry baby Annabelle, leaving Doris at the Settlement. They were sent to Moore River Native Settlement. Doris Pilkington's Aboriginal name is Nugi Garimara and she was born on 'traditional birthing ground under the wintamarra tree' on Balfour Downs Station in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia.Īs a toddler, she was removed by authorities from her home at the station, together with her mother Molly Craig and her baby sister, Annabelle.
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