Hyllus Maris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hyllus Maris

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1933

Place of Birth: Echuca, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1986

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, activist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Hyllus Maris (born 25 December 1933 in Echuca - died 4 August 1986 in Kew, Victoria) was an Aboriginal Australian activist, poet and educator.
Maris was a Yorta Yorta woman.
She was a key figure in the Aboriginal rights movement of the 1970s and 1980s, a poet, an educator and an award-winning scriptwriter.