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Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Eded Mer (My Life)
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'This is the life story of Thomas Lowah, a Torres Strait Islander... His story tells of how he worked as a diver on a pearling lugger, sailing the waters of the Torres Strait and working down the Great Barrier Reef... This is one of the first autobiographies of a Torres Strait Islander and a unique document of his life and the life of his people. (Source: backcover)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1983 .
      Extent: 76, [57] leavesp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Typescript and mss. (photocopy).

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: F2236
    • Kuranda, Cairns area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,: Rams Skull Press , 1988 .
      image of person or book cover 3488224200814907791.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 147p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0909901708
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