![]() ![]() ![]() He completed a degree at the University of Adelaide in 1941, followed by a course at Adelaide Teachers College in 1942. Born on 16 November 1920 near Eudunda, in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, Colin attended school at Julia Creek and Eudunda primary schools, and did his secondary schooling at Kapunda. ![]() I speak of renowned author and poet Colin Milton Thiele, who died on 4 September at the age of 85.Ĭolin was a man who walked two roads: one as an author and one as an educator, providing inspiration, encouragement and insight to those who knew the man and those who came to know him and know of him through his writing. I rise to speak tonight about a great South Australian, a man who gave so much, who opened our eyes and led so many of us as children on journeys we may have missed had we not turned that first page of one of his books. Dana Wortley (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source ![]()
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