PUNI

Puni

Aboriginal or Torrest Stait Islander:  Yes 

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Additional Information

Additional Information

  • 1939 - Aboriginal teenager who ran 80 miles to bring a rescue team to save a three year old boy (Ramon BROWN) from floods at Shirley Well, South Australia.

Resources

Link - THREE LIVES LOST: Floods in the Interior

Trove: Age (Melbourne, Vic.: 1854 - 1954), Thursday 2 February 1939, page 10

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References

  • Hilliard, Winifred M.  (1968).  The People in Between:  The Pitjantjatjara People of Ernabella.  Adelaide, South Australia:  Rigby Limited Seal Books.

Cole, Lara.  Volunteer tutors find station in life.  newspaper unknown.  date unknown:page unknown.