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Lowah, Thomas, 1914-
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Dates of existence
1914-1989
History
Thomas Lowah was born in 1914 in the Torres Strait Islands. He worked as a diver on pearling luggers which worked the waters of the Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef. Thomas joined the army in World War Two and was part of the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion. At the end of the war he went back to the luggers. He later moved to North Queensland, working a number of jobs. He retired to live in Cairns where he wrote his autobiography. He died in 1989.
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AU NLA 35364085 AU NLA 58781002
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 13-Dec-2022.
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Austlit, accessed online 31-May-2023.
Lowah T (1988) Eded mer (My life), Rams Skull Press, Kuranda.