Honouring Uncle Lewis Yarlupurka O’Brien
UniSA’s Law Building at City West has been renamed the Lewis O’Brien Building in honour of the highly respected Kaurna Elder and leader.
Uncle Lewis Yarlupurka O’Brien AO is an educator, philosopher, historian, advisor, counsellor, writer, and speaker of the Kaurna language.
An Adjunct Professor and Fellow of the University, Uncle Lewis is the recipient of numerous awards – including the 1977 Aboriginal Elder of the Year, the 2009 National Committee of Human Rights Citizen of Humanity award, and an Order of Australia Medal.
The Lewis O’Brien Building will be the future home of UniSA’s Aboriginal Knowledges Centre, a community gathering space to foster cultural connections and knowledge sharing.
Find out about Uncle Lewis’s legacy as a leading Kaurna thinker, philosopher and educator, as UniSA acknowledges his contribution to the University.
Read more:
https://unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2021/n...
For more from University of South Australia visit:
UniSA Homepage:
https://www.unisa.edu.au/
UniSA Facebook:
/ unisa
/ unisanewsroom
UniSA Twitter:
/ universitysa
UniSA Instagram:
/ universitysa
UniSA Weibo:
http://weibo.com/studyatunisa