Sally Morgan (artist)

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Sally Jane Morgan (née Milroy), born 18 January 1951 is an Australian Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and artist. Morgan's works are on display in numerous private and public collections in both Australia and around the world.

She was born in in Perth, Western Australia and was the eldest of five children. As a child, Morgan became aware that she differed from other children at her school, because of her non-white physical appearance, and was frequently questioned by other students about her family background. She understood from her mother that her ancestors were from India. However, when Morgan was 15, she learnt that she and her sister were in fact of Aboriginal descent, from the Palku (or Bailgu) people of the Pilbara. The story of her discovery of her family's past is told in My Place (1987).

Morgan is a professor at the Centre for Indigenous History and the Arts, in the School of Indigenous Studies, at the University of Western Australia. She has received many awards: My Place won the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission humanitarian award in 1987, the Western Australia Week literary award for non-fiction in 1988, and the 1990 Order of Australia Book Prize. In 1993, international art historians selected Morgan's print Outback, as one of 30 paintings and sculptures for reproduction on a stamp, celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.