Early Indigenous folk songs collated, promoted by Mission Songs project
Early Indigenous folk songs collated, promoted by Mission Songs project
- The missionaries, which used Christian texts to guide and justify
their actions, encouraged Aboriginal people to move into mission
settlements and join small European Christian communities, according to
the NSW Government's Office of Environment and Heritage website. From
songs about Aboriginal men in Darwin on the lookout for Japanese ships
during World War II to heartfelt songs of isolation, the Mission Songs
project is providing a living historical archive, which Lloyd hopes will
become cemented in Australia's cultural identity.