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Lee became pregnant with the child of
Englishman Fred 'Lofty' Purdy; she was rejected by her father for not marrying a Chinese man. Lee and Purdy married at the Catholic Church in Alice Springs and lived in a simple house, with dirt floors, near her father's market garden which was now located on Gap
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in the mornings rather than with the "half-caste" children in the afternoons. Here she would receive 3 ½ hours of class time rather than the 1 ½ hours given to the children living at The
Bungalow. Her brother Dempsey was considered by Standley to be exceptionally bright, and he was made head of
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The Gloria Lee Ngale
Environmental Learning Centre in Alice Springs was named for Lee by her daughter Olive Veverbrants. The purpose of the centre is to provide Indigenous people with the knowledge and technologies for creating sustainable food production and healthy lifestyles. The centre was built
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by horse and buggy before taking a ship. In China she was welcomed by her father's family who, although aware her mother was
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Lee decided to return to Alice
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Lee was born in a dry creek-bed under a tree, in Stuart (what would become Alice
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She was known as a hard-working woman miner who was also a well-educated avid reader of history, politics and culture. During her lifetime she was outspoken about social issues, and often wrote letters to the editor of the local newspapers; including the
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Lee and Purdy had four daughters together in the 1930s - 1940s: Valencia, Olive, Peg and Joyce, all of whom all attended school at Our Lady of Sacred Heart
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I can picture the old home so clearly : the
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