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how Aboriginal musicians enhanced and maintained community in 20th century Australia

  • Written by: Laura Case, PhD Candidate, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
how Aboriginal musicians enhanced and maintained community in 20th century AustraliaAboriginal man playing violin to a group outside a tin shack, Moore River Native Settlement, Western Australia, ca. 1920.State Library of Western Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people.


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