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The Awabakal language was recorded by Lancelot Edward Threlkeld and Awabakal Leader Birabahn in 'An Australian grammar : comprehending the principles and natural rules of the language as spoken by the Aborigines in the vicinity of Hunter's River, Lake MacQuarie & New South Wales' -'and this is the first, and most comprehensive record of any indigenous language in Australia.
The Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country have become core Australian customs. [34] Some jurisdictions, such as New South Wales, make a welcome (or, failing that, acknowledgement) mandatory [dubious – discuss] at all government-run events. [35] The Victorian Government supports Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country. [36]
Reverend Dr John Fraser (1834 – 1904) was an Australian ethnologist, linguist, school headmaster and author of many scholarly works.He is known for his revised and expanded version of Lancelot Threlkeld's 1834 work, An Australian Grammar, with the new title An Australian language as spoken by the Awabakal, the people of Awaba or Lake Macquarie (near Newcastle, New South Wales) being an ...
Awabakal (also Awabagal or the Hunter River – Lake Macquarie, often abbreviated HRLM language) is an Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken around Lake ...
We-pohng, with two other young Awabakal men named Bob Barrett and We-rah-kah-tah, were assigned to Captain Francis Allman in 1821 to assist in the establishment of a penal colony at Port Macquarie, assuming the role of regional guide, interpreter and a 'bush constable'. We-pohng, We-rah-kah-tah and Bob Barrett were utilised for their tracking ...
It won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2003, [2] [3] and also won a W. C. Handy Award as the Soul/Blues Album of the Year from the Blues Foundation in 2004. [ citation needed ] Professional ratings
Blues Brothers and Friends: Live from Chicago's House of Blues is the eleventh album and fourth live album by The Blues Brothers in 1997. It was recorded at the opening of the House of Blues in Chicago and is the first recording to feature James Belushi , performing under the name "Zee Blues".
Lesley "Esley" Riddle (June 13, 1905 [1] – July 13, 1979) [2] was an African American musician whose influence on the Carter Family helped to shape country music. [3] Riddle was born in Burnsville, North Carolina, United States. [1] He grew up with his paternal grandparents near Kingsport, Tennessee, not far from the Virginia border.