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y separately published work icon Down River : The Wilcania Mob Story single work   life story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Down River : The Wilcania Mob Story
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'In 2002 the song 'Down River' became an overnight hit, Five boys aged eight to twelve, had recorded their own lines to a simple digeridoo beat and it struck a chord with music lovers across Australia. The boys became known as the Wilcania Mob when the song hit high rotation and the media came looking for the new 'boy band' from far western New South Wales. Till then they'd just been a bunch of passionate kids having fun at a holiday workshop. This book is an illustrated version of the journey taken by those five young boys, their families and their community. It traces their origins from a makeshift recording studio in Wilicania, to centre-stage in front of 20,000 fans at the Homebake Music festival, through to having their song remixed by London based hip hop artist M.I.A and released to an international audience. ' (Source: Keeaira Press website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Tamborine, Tamborine area, Beaudesert - Tamborine - Rathdowney area, South East Queensland, Queensland,: Kargaru Productions , 2008 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 47p.
      Edition info: 1st ed.
      Description: col. illus., ports.
      Note/s:
      • 'The Wilcannia Mob's own name for themselves is the Barkandji Boys... Barkandji is the Aboriginal language group of the area of Australia that includes Wilcannia.'
      ISBN: 9780646484228 (pbk)
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