Anne Marie Gardiner (born 18 June 1931) is a community and heritage advocate living and working on the Tiwi Islands of the Northern Territory of Australia for more than 50 years.
She entered the Order of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart on 31 May 1949, attracted by the opportunity to work with Aboriginal people.
She then taught at St Mary's Primary School from 1966 and Daly River in 1969, returning to Bathurst Island in 1970.
She has also worked for nearly four decades to establish the Patakajiyali Museum where Tiwi history, culture and language is preserved for future generations.
[6] She returned to the Tiwi Islands Gardiner received the Lyn Powierza Scholarship in 1993 for her contribution to education in the Northern Territory.