Anna Morgan was born in 1874 at the Ebenezer mission station in northwest
Victoria to Nathan Bowden and his wife Margaret. In 1859 the mission station was founded by the Protestant Moravian Church as one of eight missions in Australia. In 1885 Morgan was working as a domestic servant in the
Wimmera region. Around 1894 she moved to New South Wales, near
Cummeragunja Station, where she worked as a servant. In 1899 she married the worker Caleb Morgan (c. 1874-1943), with whom she had three children. She left immediately with the family, leaving many of their belongings behind. After this experience, she became involved in a campaign for Aboriginal equality. She published an article in Labor Call in September 1934, where she told the story of a life constrained by government regulations and articulated calls for justice and equality. In a series on the Melbourne radio station, she shared stories passed down from her grandmother. She was able to use her public profile to draw attention to her political messages. She joined the
Australian Aborigines' League and visited the
Minister for the Interior in 1935 as part of a delegation requesting Aboriginal education. She also spoke at the International Committee on Women's Day meeting that same month. Anna Morgan died in Coldstream on 1 August 1935 at 60 from an acute kidney infection and was buried in Melbourne Cemetery. == References ==