Bill Thaiday Bill Thaiday i(9675174 works by)
Born: Established: ca. 1944 Atherton, Atherton area, Mareeba - Atherton - Ravenshoe area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 2015
Gender: Male
Heritage: Torres Strait Islander ; South Sea Islander
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1 The Story of Bill Thaiday Bill Thaiday , 1992 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Ngoonjook , September no. 7 1992; (p. 34-41) My father's a full blood Torres Strait Islander, his mother was a Darnley/Murray Island woman. My grandfather was brought over here round about 1871. He came over here in the black-birding days, or he could have come over with Samuel McFarlane, I'm not sure, I've still got to find that out. But I know where he comes from, I've been there and it's a beautiful island called Lifu. Lifu Island, which is on the east coast of a place called Noumea. It' s still held by the French and he came over here speaking French, and his language on top of that. So we're a little bit mixed up there, but I more or less identify myself from m y mother's side, the Aboriginal side, the Girrimi people, 134 miles up from Tully.
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