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The monument commemorates Daisy Bates (1863-1951), welfare worker and anthropologist, who lived near the site in a tent between 1936 and 1940.
Daisy Bates lived in a tent in the district and devoted her life to the aboriginal cause. A self-taught anthropologist, Daisy Bates conducted fieldwork amongst several Indigenous nations in western and southern Australia.
She supported herself largely by writing articles for urban newspapers on such topics as `native cannibalism` and the `doomed` fate of Indigenous peoples. Bates also published her work on Indigenous kinship systems, marriage laws, language and religion in books and articles.
She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for Aboriginal welfare work in 1934. Bates wrote her autobiography `My Natives and I` in a tent at Pyap, outside Loxton South Australia between 1935-1940. Daisy Bates died in 1951.
Location
| Address: | Milich Road, Milich`s Landing & Daisy Bates Picnic Ground, Pyap, 5333 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.445472 Long: 140.501861 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Humanitarian |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1936 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1940 |
| Link: | http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/adbonli… |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 9th August, 1964 |
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DAISY BATES C.B.E.
"KABBARLI" [ GRANDMOTHER]
Born Tipperary Ireland 1860
Lived Hereabouts In A Tent 1936 - 1940
Master Of 188 Aboriginal Dialects
Laboured Nearly 40 Years At
OOLDEA SOAK, S.A. & OTHER W. A. PARTS
Erected By
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF LOXTON
9th August 1964
