Anneke Deutsch

Photo by Dorothy McDonald

Anneke retired from a career in sculpture and prosthetics to work full time as an unpaid lesbian activist, focussing on social and affordable housing for older lesbians. She was instrumental in creating the first housing in Australia for this target group working on behalf the charity Matrix Guild and in partnership with the CHP, Women’s Property Initiatives . She is now leading a vibrant an enthusiastic group of women who are creating an accessible and sustainable cohousing community for themselves in her home town of Daylesford.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.