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Isaac John Dennis was born on Brewarrina Mission in New South Wales. His father was a stockman and saw mill worker at Brewarinna, Walgett, Piliga and Dungalear and the family followed him. Dennis began working as a station hand and at the saw mill when he was fifteen.
(Main source: Zagar, C., Goodbye Riverbank: The Barwon-Namoi People tell their story, Magabala Books, 2000).
