Essie Coffey (1941-1998) ka janm uttaree nyoo sauth vels mein gudooga ke paas hua tha. vah ek muruvaaree mahila theen aur pashchimee aadivaasee kaanoonee seva kee sah-sansthaapak theen aur unhonne kaee sarakaaree nikaayon aur aadivaasee samudaay sangathanon mein kaam kiya. usake parivaar ne mausamee graameen kaaryon ka paalan karake ek aadivaasee rijarv mein jabaran sthaanaantaran se parahej kiya. kofee ne pashchimee eborijinal leegal sarvis aur brevarareena mein eborijinal heritej end kalcharal myooziyam kee sah-sthaapana kee, jo eborijinal lainds trast aur eborijinal edavaijaree kaunsil sahit kaee sarakaaree nikaayon aur eborijinal saamudaayik sangathanon mein sevaarat hae. vah aadivaasee sulah parishad kee udghaatan sadasy theen. aadivaasee samudaay kee seva ke lie unhen 10 joon 1985 ko medal oph da ordar oph ostreliya (oam) se sammaanit kiya gaya. use emabeeee ke lie naamaankit kiya gaya tha, lekin usane yah kahate hue mana kar diya ki "mainne emabeeee ko vaapas khatakhataaya kyonki main british saamraajy ka sadasy nahin hoon". kofee ek sakriy philm nirmaata bhee the. 1978 mein unhonne ek aadivaasee ke roop mein maee sarvaival banaaya, jo unhonne 1988 mein ostreliya ke nae sansad bhavan ke udghaatan par ek upahaar ke roop mein mahaaraanee elijaabeth dviteey ko diya tha. philm ne sidanee philm mein vrttachitr philm ke lie gretar yooniyan puraskaar aur rooben maamauliyan puraskaar jeeta. mahotsav 1979. agalee kadee, maee laiph aiz aaee liv it, 1993 mein rileez huee. kofee baikarods philm mein bhee dikhaee dee. essee kofee aur unake pati, albart "doktar" kofee ne 8 bachchon kee paravarish kee aur 10 aur bachchon ko god liya.[1][1][2][3]