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Acknowledgements
Foreword
Chapter 1   ~ The Kaurna
Chapter 2   ~ Kudnarto
Chapter 3   ~ Kudnato's early life
Chapter 4   ~ Kudnarto's First Marriage
Chapter 5   ~ European Settlement
Chapter 6   ~ Aboriginal Land Grants
Chapter 7   ~ Shepherds and Their Flocks
Chapter 8   ~ Thomas Adams
Chapter 9   ~ Adams' Literacy
Chapter 10 ~ The Early Years of Adams
Chapter 11 ~ Announcing the Engagement
Chapter 12 ~ The Wedding
Chapter 13 ~ The Land Grant
Chapter 14 ~ Farming the Land
Chapter 15 ~ Burra Copper
Chapter 16 ~ Murder
Chapter 17 ~ The Trial
Chapter 18 ~ Back to Skilly Creek
Chapter 19 ~ Kudnarto's Death
Chapter 20 ~ Land Claim
Chapter 21 ~ Epilogue
Appendix 1 ~ Biographical Notes
Appendix 2 ~ Correspondence
Appendix 3 ~ Handwriting Analysis
Appendix 4 ~ Police Court
Appendix 5 ~ Trial Report
Appendix 6 ~ The Civilising
Appendix 7 ~ 1860 Report
Appendix 8 ~ Tom & Tim Adams
Bibliography

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Acknowledgements

In producing this book, there are many people who have been involved in the production process.

Firstly, I would like to thank all those people from the Adelaide community who assisted and encouraged me in every way to put this work together. More specifically, the good people who make up the Meewee Community Coalition Inc. and especially the calm leadership of Donny Smith.

Next is the support from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. They have generously provided a grant to allow this book to be finished. Also various staff members have been very helpful with their suggestions and this was always greatly appreciated.

Thanks must also be given to the South Australian Archives and the Mortlock Library who gave me complete assistance whenever required. Regardless of their limited resources, the staff have always been happy and cheerful to render any assistance I could possibly require.

Appreciation is also given to Mrs Janette C. Shepherd the Assistant Keeper of Archives at Leicestershire County Council Record Office who was only too happy to assist me from such a great distance in giving me profiles of Leicester as it was last century.

Furthermore, Dr Andrew White, the Curator of Lancaster City Council Museum Services has also rendered useful service.

Additional research on Adams and Yates was made possible by the assistance of the Archives of Tasmania.

The inspiration for the book came from Dr Robert Foster from the History Department at the University of Adelaide. Added to this was the encouragement received from Philip Morrissey, formerly the Director of Aboriginal Programs at the University of Adelaide and now a lecturer in English at Melbourne University.

I must give thanks to Peter Vervoorn whose suggestions were always helpful and very appreciated.

Finally, and most importantly, I must give the greatest thanks to my former wife, Luisa Waqa O'Connor whose untiring encouragement gave me the strength to research and write despite the turmoil of daily life going on around me.

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