- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE5273
Pung, Alice
(1981 – )- Born 1 January, 1981, Footscray Victoria Australia
- Occupation Lawyer, Writer
Summary
Alice Pung was born in 1981 in Footscray, Victoria to Cambodian refugee parents. Her first book, the memoir Unpolished Gem, was published in 2006. In 2008, she edited Growing up Asian in Australia and in 2011 published her third book, Her Father’s Daughter. Pung is a lawyer and works as a legal researcher in the area of minimum wages and pay equity.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Pung, Alice, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491126
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Site Exhibition
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5273b.htm