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y separately published work icon Muluk's Wangga selected work   lyric/song  
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with supplementary recordings by Allan Marett, Linda Barwick and Alberto Furlan; curated and annotated by Allan Marett and Linda Barwick

Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Muluk's Wangga
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'Jimmy Muluk (born c. 1925, died sometime before 1986) was one of the great wangga songmen, whose musical virtuosity and love of diversity and variation are exceeded by no other singer. A Mendheyangal man, he held traditional country around the Cape Ford area south of the Daly River mouth, but he lived most of his life in and around Belyuen on the Cox Peninsula. For many years he led a dance troupe presenting performances for tourists at Mica Beach, and later at Mandorah. He also mentored younger generations of singers to perform with him in public at tourist corroborees and the Darwin Eisteddfod. The success of his strategy for intergenerational transmission of knowledge was evident when Marett and Barwick recorded the same singers, now men, in the 1990s. Muluk’s mentee, Colin Worumbu Ferguson, leads the Kenbi dancers today.' (Publication summary)

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  • Dedication: Dedicated to the late Alice Jorrock, beloved elder of Belyuen and enthusiastic advocate for her language and culture, who helped us in many ways

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Sydney University Press , 2016 .
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      Extent: 1 audio disc : digital, CD audio, stereo ; 12 cm + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations)p.
      ISBN: 9781743325261
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Subjects:
  • Daly River, Daly River - Wadeye area, Top End, Northern Territory,
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