DIXON, LORNA ROSE (1917?-1976), Aboriginal linguist and cultural preserver, was born probably in 1917 at Tibooburra, New South Wales, daughter of Queensland-born parents Albert Ebsworth, a stockman from the Galali language group of Aborigines, and his wife Rosie, née Jones. Lorna's maternal grandfather was George Dutton. Her early years were mainly spent in the north-west corner of the State with her mother's Wangkumara-speaking parents and grandparents. Albert and Rosie worked on the cattle station, Naryilco, in south-west Queensland, where there was a large, permanent camp of Wangkumaras. In the 1910s they settled down at Tibooburra and rented a house in the town. Lorna and her siblings attended the public school; they spent much of their time (before and after lessons) in the surrounding bush, learning from their grandparents about the sources of bush food and the stories associated with the significant sites in the area. Lorna later ...

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Australian Dictionary of Biography