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Featured Australian Music
- Traditional music of Torres Strait Mainly songs or chants to accompany dancing. Sung and played by native musicians in various dialects of Miriam, Saibai, Mabuiag and Kiwai languages. Recorded in Murray Island, Saibai Island, Darnley Island, Hammond Island, and western Papua, by Jeremy Beckett, 1960-61; recorded in Lockhart River Mission, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, by Lamont West, 1961.
- Tribal music of Australia Vocal works sung in various Australian aboriginal languages.
