page_title: Jean Aileen Little
section_title: Awards and honours
hierarchical_section_title: Jean Aileen Little / Awards and honours
caption_attribution_description: English: Ms. Little performing as a Queensland State Finalist at the National Poetry Slam Queensland State Finals in 2011.
context_page_description: Jean Aileen Little OAM, née Ling is an Australian Aboriginal leader and community advocate from Mapoon in the Far North Queensland. In 1997 the then Governor of Queensland, Leneen Forde, awarded Little the Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to Aboriginal health and community services.
context_section_description: In 1995, Little received a local "Citizen of the Year" award. Little is a Life Member of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia. In 1997 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her work in Aboriginal health and the community.
  In 2011 Little, also a writer & poet, was selected as one of Queensland's State Finalists for the National Poetry Slam. She performed at the State Finals at the State Library of Queensland.
  In 2013 Little was awarded the Queensland's Speaker's Inspiring Women Award for the electorate Queensland state electorate of Barron River.
  In 2014 Ms Little was announced as one of the state finalists for the 2015 Queensland Australian of the Year Awards in the Senior Australian of the Year division.
caption: Little performing as a Queensland State Finalist at the State Finals for the National Poetry Slam in 2011 at the State Library of Queensland.
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