Katie Langloh Parker

Catherine Eliza Somerville Field was born on 1 May 1856 at Encounter Bay, in South Australia, and grew up at Marra, her father's cattle station; as a child, she was saved from drowning by a young Aboriginal girl. Married in 1875 to Langloh Parker, she settled with him at Bangate, a station near Angledool, where she collected the stories and vocabulary of the neighbouring people; she spoke their language. She signed her books K. Langloh Parker. Remarried to Percival Randolph Stow, she died on 27 March 1940 in Adelaide.

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• TaleAustralian Legendary TalesKatie Langloh Parker · 1896Literature