Astrid Perry-Indermaur

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Astrid Perry-Indermaur is an Australian women's activist and advocate for migrant communities. She serves as the Head of Women, Equity, and Domestic and Family Violence for Settlement Services International. Perry-Indermaur was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia during the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Biography

Perry-Indermaur is from Carlton, New South Wales.[1] She graduated with a doctorate from Western Sydney University in 2004. Her thesis was "Regimes of truth : gender, achievement and parent participation in New South Wales public schools".[2]

Perry-Indermaur is an advocate for migrant communities and for women in Australia.[1] She served as Secretary for the Immigrant Women's Speakout Association Of New South Wales Inc.[3] Perry-Indermaur also served as the Head of Women, Equity & Domestic and Family Violence for the Australian non-profit organization Settlement Services International.[4][5]

Perry-Indermaur was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to the community through migrant and women's organisations" during the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.[6]

On 31 January 2023, Perry-Indermaur spoke before the Parliament of Australia as a representative of Settlement Services International.[7]

In 2025, she was awarded the Multicultural NSW Lifetime Community Service Medal medal.[8]

References

  1. 1.[1.2]"Dr Astrid Perry-Indermaur receives Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. 2.Perry-Indermaur, Astrid (2004), Regimes of truth : gender, achievement and parent participation in New South Wales public schools, Western Sydney University, retrieved 7 August 2024
  3. 3."people". www.acnc.gov.au.
  4. 4.Hannah (19 September 2023). "DFV funding a win for migrant and refugee women and children". SSI. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. 5."Call for better solutions for victim-survivors | Community Legal Centres NSW". www.clcnsw.org.au. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  6. 6."Queen's Birthday Honours list". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  7. 7.corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Appendix 2 - Public hearings". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. 8.Kolimar, Eva (12 March 2025). "Advocate and activist for women honoured with NSW medal". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Kogarah, New South Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2025.