Hyllus Noel Maris (25 December 1933 – 4 August 1986) was an Aboriginal Australian activist, poet and educator.
[1] In 1970 Maris, along with her mother and sister, was one of the founders of the National Council of Aboriginal and Island Women in Melbourne.
She worked for the council as a liaison officer and in 1973 helped to set up the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in Fitzroy,[1] along with Alma Thorpe, Bruce McGuinness, and others.
[5] She helped to establish similar services in Queensland, and chaired the Victorian Council for Aboriginal Culture.
[11] Maris died of cancer on 4 August 1986 at Kew in Melbourne and was buried at Cummeragunja cemetery.