Nitmiluk: An Aboriginal Rock Song about a Place

Authors

  • Peter Dunbar-Hall Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney

Keywords:

Aboriginal rock music, Katherine Gorge, Blekbala Mujik, Nitmiluk

Abstract

A study of the musical and textual profiles of 'Ntimiluk' by Aboriginal rock group, Blekbala Mujik, revealing that there is more to the song than the commemoration in its lyrics of the hand-back of land to its owners. Here the song is seen as a statement, through references to land, of identity, and linked to this, agendas of Jawoyn cultural revival and self-determination.

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Published

2013-02-13

Issue

1997: Land and Identity: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference

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How to Cite

Nitmiluk: An Aboriginal Rock Song about a Place. (2013). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 155-160. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9524