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.