Jenny Munro

Munro was born to parents Les and Agnes Coe,[a] who were Aboriginal land rights activists.

[4] In 1972 in Sydney, she met her husband, Lyall Munro Jnr,[3] and they both became founding members of the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC).

[4] In 1978, Munro began work as a trainee bookkeeper at the Aboriginal Children's Services in Sydney, eventually becoming Administrator of the organisation.

In February 2015 Aboriginal Housing Company chairman Mick Mundine threatened to commence the eviction of the protesters led by Munro.

[8] In Sydney's major newspaper, Daisy Dumas reported that the standoff between the protestors and the Housing Company intensified in 2015 with the matter before the Supreme Court for judgment and with the State Attorney General alerted.

Jenny Munro speaking at a demonstration outside State Parliament House, New South Wales
Jenny Munro accepts award at the National Indigenous Human Rights Awards