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Thread #101934   Message #2262100
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
14-Feb-08 - 06:39 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: 1967 Aboriginal Referendum (Aus)
Subject: RE: Folklore: 1967 Aboriginal Referendum (Aus)
sorry, Rowan, all I can find is this sentence - Sandra has excellent resources on such things and beat me to it; she'll also, probably, beat me to a link for "My brown baby" which deals with similar events - with a link to this thread!

I tried to find Phyl Lobl's "Dark Eyed Daughter" but this is all I can find -

In 1968, Phyl released her own E.P. (remember them?!) titled "Dark Eyed Daughter". It was a significant political statement by an Australian folk singer as it was dedicated to the political issue of Aboriginal Rights at a time when Australia's Aboriginal people were disenfranchised. Phyl recorded two of her own songs for the EP, the title song "Dark Eyed Daughter" and "Will You Fight, Will You Dare?" As well, Phyl recorded the song "Whose Hand" written by Ian Hills and Kath Walker's poem "No More Boomerang" to which she and her friend, later to be her husband, Geri Lobl had composed a tune and arrangement.

from a review of 'Bronzewing'

I could ask Phyl for a coy of the words.

sandra