Lou Bennett

Yorta Yorta Dja Dja Wurrung, Dr Lou Bennett AM is a former member of Tiddas and the Black Arm Band. In 2017, Lou was inducted onto the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll. In 2019, she accepted the appointment as member (AM) of the Order of Australia for her significant service to the performing arts, particularly to music, and the Indigenous community. In 2020, Lou received a Westpac Research Fellowship to continue her research project ‘Sovereign Language Rematriation Through Song Pedagogy’ in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Melbourne.