Edith Strangways Edith Strangways i(A65265 works by) (a.k.a. , Edie Strangways)
Born: Established: 1902 Finke / Aputula, South East Northern Territory, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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Edith Strangways was born at Charlotte Waters near the Finke River, Northern Territory. She was taken from her family and sent to Adelaide to work as a domestic. During the earlier part of her life, Edith Strangways lived at Charlotte Waters and Dalhousie where she learnt stories from the old people about Dalhousie and the lower Finke in the 1920s. Strangways was a speaker of Arabana and lower southern Aranda.

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