And the Clock Struck Thirteen

The life and thoughts of Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis Yerloburka O’Brien

as told to Mary-Anne Gale

PB 265 PP 210 x 135 ILLUS 9781862547308 $27.95 Aboriginal Studies / Biography Wakefield Press

This is 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. An esteemed Aboriginal elder, Lewis O’Brien worked as a fitter and machinist for 30 years, before joining the SA education department as an Aboriginal education liaison officer in 1977, where his presence made a real impact on the numbers of Indigenous children completing high school.

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