ELIZABETH DALY "BETTY BOO"

The Chairman, members and staff of the Northern Land Council mourn the passing of former NLC Councillor Elizabeth (Betty) Daly (also known affectionately as ‘Betty Boo’).

Betty Daly was a very proud Dukul woman from the Bulman/Weemol area in central Arnhem Land and was a member of the Stolen Generations who was taken from her mother when she was 13 years old. Betty Daly provided long and valued service as an NLC Councillor from 1991 to 2013 for the Daly River region, where she had settled with her family.

In 1996 Betty, with the late Mary Yarmirr and other women, was instrumental in the establishment of the NLC Women’s Sub-Committee. In 1988 Betty Daly, along with many other NLC councillors and staff, travelled to Sydney to protest against the Bicentennial celebrations and defend the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Betty Daly was always a happy person to have around at meetings and always made us feel comfortable in her presence.

Betty Daly is survived by 9 children, 38 grand-children, 50 great-grand-children, and 1 great-great-grandson.

Betty Daly will be sadly missed by the Northern Land Council family.