Gum-leaf Orchestra.
Aborigines, nusically inclined, take a gum leaf, place it between their fingers and blow. Music results. At a church in Melbourne an aboriginal gum-leaf orchestra led the singing in tw hymns. An aborigine sang a solo composed by a member of his own race ana an aborigine preached.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 5 August 1941, Page 7
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50Gum-leaf Orchestra. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 5 August 1941, Page 7
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