Thursday, January 3, 2013

Onyong - Last of the wild Blacks

Theodore Aboriginal grinding grooves (post)

Just some research I did in 2010 on Onyong, a local Aboriginal historical figure. I put this video together for a follower on YouTube with limited internet access and thought I would share it for anyone who doesn't know about this important Canberra historical Identity. 

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The original article can be found here.

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