<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="margin:0px;font-weight:normal;line-height:45px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:42px;letter-spacing:-1px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Eileen's language lives on </font></h1><div><br></div>
By Alice Dempster<br>Sept. 26, 2013<div style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:small;display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div><div><div style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:small;display:inline" class="gmail_default">
AUS</div></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><div style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:small;display:inline" class="gmail_default">Obituary</div><br></font><div><br></div>Eileen Blanche McHughes (nee Kropinyeri) was born in Murray Bridge on January 5, 1941. Eileen was the eldest child of Alban Richard Kropinyeri and Gertrude Elizabeth Kropinyeri (both deceased).<br>
<br>Her fascination with her peoples’ language began as she grew up in a tin shanty-type dwelling on the cliff of the River Murray, south of Tailem Bend, with several other local Ngarrindjeri (Aboriginal) families.<br><br>
A self-proclaimed “nosey” child, Aunty Eileen would listen to the yarns told by Elders, and learnt most of the language that way. <div><div style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">
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