Lady of the Lake is the story of Gunditjmara Elder Aunty Iris Lovett-Gardiner and her life at Lake Condah in the western districts of Victoria. "Uncle Peter Ewart" is an excerpt.

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The most thing I know about Uncle Peter Ewart was when my dad's father went shooting, Grandfather Lovett went shooting through the forest. And he came upon this big eagle on the tree, and he was going to shoot him. And the eagle put up a claw, like that, and Grandfather never shot him. So when he came back to the mission, Uncle Peter Ewart said to him, you nearly shot me today Jimmy.

And Grandfather said, no. He said, I didn't see you. But he said, did you see that big eagle, he said, that put his claw up, he said, when you were aiming the gun? He said, that was me. Now, that old man was miles away at that time that grandfather left to go shooting. So how could he know all these things happened in that space of time? And even from Dunmore, over here, they asked him if he wanted to go to the football, and he'd say, no. I'll be there.

I'll be there. And he was. He'd be there before they went, and they'd be traveling in a horse and gig. He'd be walking, but he'd be there before they were at the gate.