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Alice Buffett

Alice Buffett

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Alice Inez Buffett OAM (6 March 1931 – 29 April 2017[1]) was a political figure and linguist from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.

Political role

In 1981 Alice Buffett stood for and was elected to serve as a member of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly.[2]

Buffett was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australian in the 1998 Australia Day Honours for "service to the Norfolk Island community, particularly as a member of the Legislative Assembly advocating initiatives to improve health care facilities and social infrastructure".[3]

Linguist

Alice Buffett is also a noted linguist. She is the author of "Speak Norfuk Today", widely recognised as the most complete resource on the Norfuk language in existence; this work was prepared with the collaboration of the late Dr. Donald Laycock of the Australian National University.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Vale Alice Inez Buffett, OAM" (PDF). Norfolk Islander. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. [2]
    Archived 19 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Alice Inez Buffett". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.


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