Isobelle Mary Ferguson

Isobelle Mary Ferguson (18 February 1926 – 15 August 2019), also known as Isobelle McCallum and Isobelle Kent, was an Aboriginal Australian nurse and activist. She was the daughter of activist and leader Bill Ferguson, and was the first known Aboriginal person to train at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Camperdown, Sydney. She was active in the Aboriginal Affairs Association and the Aboriginal Affairs Association in the 1960s, and joined the Freedom Ride across regional New South Wales in 1965.

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