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Author O'Brien, Lewis Yerloburka, 1930-

Title And the clock struck thirteen : the life and thoughts of Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis Yerloburka O'Brien / as told to Mary-Anne Gale
Edition First edition
Published Kent Town, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, 2007

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Description x, 243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, 2 samples of letters ; 21 cm
Contents 1: Padniadlu wadu: Let's walk together in harmony -- 2: Kudnarto of Skillogalee Creek -- 3: Who was Tom Adam senior? -- 4: Tom and Tim Adams of Poonindie -- 5: The Adams Family of Point Pearce mission -- 6: Treasured memories and lessons from the mission -- 7: My difficult childhood -- 8: Leaving school and doing an apprenticeship -- 9: Joining the Merchant Navy -- 10: Becoming a 'land-lover' and settling down -- 11: Reflections on working in schools and university -- 12: Sharing our space -- 13: Achievements and celebrations
Summary The story of Kaurna man Uncle Lewis O'Brien and his family, beginning with his great, great grandmother Kudnarto - the first Aboriginal woman to marry a white man in South Australia
Notes Includes footnotes
Subject O'Brien, Lewis Yerloburka, 1930-
Political activists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.
Kaurna (Australian people) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Author Gale, Mary-Anne.
Wakefield Press.
LC no. 2007405597
ISBN 9781862547308 (paperback)
Other Titles Life and thoughts of Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis Yerloburka O'Brien