Peris, Nova Maree,
Peris-Kneebone, Nova Maree,
Batman,
Name
Nova Peris,
Collection
Territory Women,
HistoryNT,
Place of birth
Darwin,
Date of birth
1971-02-25,
Occupation
Athlete,
Aboriginal Activist,
Cultural heritage
Indigenous Australian,
Honours and awards
Dual Gold Medallist, Athletics. 1998. Commonwealth Games (Kuala Lumpur),
Young Australian of the Year 1997.,
Gold Medal, Womens Hockey. 1996. Summer Olympics (Atlanta, USA),
Biographical notes
Nova Peris has had a remarkable career as an athlete. A mother at 19, Nova worked hard to earn a place in the Australian Women's Hockey team. In 1996, at the Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, USA, the Australian Women's Hockey team won the gold medal. Nova became the first Indigenous Australian and the first Northern Territorian to win an Olympic gold medal.
She embraced the new challenge of competing at an international level in Athletics. She won gold in the 200 metres and 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Nova then went on to represent Australia in the semi finals in the 400 metres at the Sydney Olympics.
Among her other achievements, Nova was named Young Australian of the Year in 1997 and then became a treaty ambassador for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). Through her charity 'Peris Enterprises' she continues to advocate and promote an active lifestyle and health checks among Indigenous children and communities.
Nova Peris is Australia's first Aboriginal woman elected to Federal Parliament in the 2013 Federal election on 7 September.
Source: The Official Nova Peris Website, accessed 22 February 2010.,
Subject
Women,
Northern Territory,
Related materials
Tatz, C & Tatz, P. Black gold : the Aboriginal and Islander sports hall of fame. Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2000.,
Peris, N & Heads, I. Nova : my story : the autobiography of Nova Peris. Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2003.,
Related links
http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete2655.htm,
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2289b.htm,
http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&year=1997&recipientID=140,
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/09/news/09iht-kneebone.2.t.html?pagewanted=1,
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/243786,
http://www.aec.gov.au/media/media-releases/2013/e09-25.htm,
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F0217fd09-dc06-4bd4-a21e-0cea40cf41ba%2F0142;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F0217fd09-dc06-4bd4-a21e-0cea40cf41ba%2F0000%22,
http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete2655.htm [Australian Athletics Historical Results : Nova Peris],
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2289b.htm [Australian Women Register : Nova Peris],
http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&year=1997&recipientID=140 [Young Australian of the Year : Nova Peris],
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/09/news/09iht-kneebone.2.t.html?pagewanted=1 [Clare, C. "An Aboriginal Star Carries Olympic Torch : A Symbolic Flame, a Symbolic Runner", The New York Times Online, 9 June, 2000.],
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/243786 [Nova's run for Senate - Australian Electoral Commission, 25 September 2013.],
http://www.aec.gov.au/media/media-releases/2013/e09-25.htm ["Northern Territory Senators have been decided." Northern Territory News, 23 January 2013. p.1, 7.],
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F0217fd09-dc06-4bd4-a21e-0cea40cf41ba%2F0142;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F0217fd09-dc06-4bd4-a21e-0cea40cf41ba%2F0000%22 [Nova Peris - Senate, Hansard, Maiden Speech, 13 November 2013.],
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