Aunty Florence Onus
Advisory Group Member
Aunty Florence Onus is a descendant of the Birri-Gubba and Kairi/Bidjara clans of north-east Queensland.
Florence was the inaugural Chairperson of The Healing Foundation also the Chair of The Healing Foundation’s Stolen Generations Reference Committee until early 2018 which she describes as “a catalyst to assist families and communities to heal.”.
Florence has worked as an educator and lecturer at James Cook University, and an advocate for social justice. And through her own research and access to policies that she realised the impacts of inter-generational trauma.” And the importance of healing, education, cultural identity and spiritual nurturing.
She is a proud mother and grandmother who is also a survivor of the Stolen Generations.