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Garnett Ian Wilson Garnett Ian Wilson i(A95116 works by) (a.k.a. Garnie)
Born: Established: 7 Jan 1928 Raukkan / Narrung, Meningie - Coorong area, South East South Australia, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 2010
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Ngarrindjeri
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BiographyHistory

Garnett Ian Wilson OAM is an Ngarrindjeri elder from South Australia who grew up on a Government Reserve. His father, Eustace Garnett Wilson, was a shearer who served in the Second World War. At the age of twelve years Wilson fell from a tree dislocating a hip and fracturing a leg. He was neglected by authorities until his father returned from the army on leave and took his son to Royal Adelaide Hospital where a series of operations were performed to save his life. After leaving hospital in 1945, Wilson's father found him employment on farms. By 1947 Wilson was using a walking stick. Persevering to learn his position thoroughly, Garnett Wilson secured the admiration of his employers and became a professional wool classer and rouseabout. On the 8th of December 1966 Garnett Wilson was one of the three founding members of the Aboriginal Lands Trust in South Australia.

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