Jackie Huggins

Academic and Writer

Jackie Huggins is an academic and writer from the Bidjara/Birri Gubba Juru nations. Born in Ayr, North Queensland, she grew up in a close-knit family in Brisbane nurtured by her strong mother Rita. Jackie has worked in academia, government and community spheres. She has published widely on Aboriginal issues and has served on numerous boards and inquiries such as Reconciliation, National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples and Treaty Queensland. An advocate of combining oral and written history, Jackie’s passion has been to document our stories. In 2022 she has released a new edition of Sister Girl (UQP) as well as a book about her father, co-authored with her sister Ngaire Jarro, Jack of Hearts: QX11594 (Magabala).