Lesley Williams

Lesley Williams is a respected Murri (Aboriginal) Elder. She is best known for instigating the domestic and international Justice for Aboriginal Workers campaign. In 2003 she was awarded the Centenary Medal for her distinguished services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Lesley has co-produced and consulted on a number of documentary films including The Ration Shed and For Their Own Good, and co-wrote On The Banks of the Barambah: A History of Cherbourg. She won a Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance 2016 with the title Not Just Black and White: A Conversation Between a Mother and Daughter, which she co-wrote with Tammy Williams.