Lola Dennis Lola Dennis i(A114160 works by) (birth name: Lola Howell)
Born: Established: 1936 Brewarrina, Bourke - Brewarrina area, Far West NSW, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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BiographyHistory

Lola Dennis was brought up on Brewarrina Mission by her father and then by her grandparents and aunt because her mother left the family to escape domestic abuse. Dennis was reunited with her mother in 1964 by which time Dennis was married and had five children of her own.

(Main source: Goodbye Riverbank: The Barwon-Namoi People tell their story, Magabala Books, 2000).

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