Alice Buffett
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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