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Coomanerrdin Coomanerrdin i(A28691 works by) (a.k.a. Coonanarrdin)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 Learning Old Ways Coomanerrdin , 1992 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Ngoonjook , September no. 7 1992; (p. 31-33) Northern Perspective , Dry Season vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 66-67)

I was born to a full blood Aboriginal mother and an Anglo Australian father. I had one full sister called Pandela. My Father and natural mother, Mary separated when I was just a baby. My dad then married again when I was two years old to my mother Eileen, who is from South Australia. Mum had already had a son, as she was widowed at the age of 21. Tony, who was 3 years older than me, then became my step brother.
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