Luise HERCUS

I will finish the work we started, I promise.

A wonderful warm woman of great spirit, piercing intellect and joy in land, country and the beauty in language. A life well lived!

In gratitude for coming to Tati Tati country and recording the Murray river languages...

Luise's book on Paakantji grammar is the essential guide for my work with my Wiimpatja relations and friends on poems, songs, stories, translations and developing teaching materials. Luise's work is a wonderful gift to future generations.

Luise was a fine teacher who brought laughter to the study of Prakrit - no mean feat! A true intellectual, her curiosity was boundless, as was her generosity. Whether in Mooroolbark or in Gundaroo, she loved the flora and fauna of this ancient land, and especially loved its first peoples and their cultures. Her meticulous recording and studies of their unique languages is her legacy to her adopted land.

An absolute giant human being - in spirit and intellect. Inimitable & irreplaceable for Aboriginal people. Will be greatly missed

Thank you Aunt Luise for being like a grandmother to Max and Gordon. RIP a life well lived. Dr Wendy Laupu and Mr Gelly Laupu

Like many others, I was privileged to have known and worked with Luise, a dynamo who was always incredibly generous in sharing her work. Her work on songs was groundbreaking. RIP Luise.

It was an honor and a joy to be your friend and colleague, dear Luise.

In Trauer und Bewunderung für eine groe Gelehrte.