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Travelling song, Noongar heritage and the Kronos Quartet
Dr Clint Bracknell PhD '16 is a Noongar musician and language revivalist from the south coast of Western Australia and Professor of Indigenous Languages at the University of Queensland, is also known as Maatakitj, a nickname meaning ‘skinny legs like a spear’.
The Noongar-language lyrics grounds the music in place and is a testament to the many resilient people who have kept language humming in the face of Australia’s push for monolingualism.