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Joan Baez’s ‘folksinging non-violent resistance’ continues P22 The music of the poor, the broken, the disaffected

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WOMADelaide 2018 does it again

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Front Cover Photo: WOMADelaide 2018 In Didj’n’Us - Derek Tickner Australian convict life made more bearable

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The Bush Music Club Heritage Ball

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Frank The Poet - A Literary Curiosity

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At The Diggings, After Work

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