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Billy Mandji Billy Mandji i(15889054 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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'Billy Mandji was a prolific and popular Belyuen songman. Active from the 1960s to the 1980s, he travelled widely and was recorded in Kununurra, Timber Creek, Oenpelli and Beswick Creek as well as his home community of Belyuen (Delissaville). He was a prominent participant in the tourist corroborees presented by people from Belyuen in various locations around Darwin and the Cox Peninsula. In addition to composing songs of his own,' (https://sup-estore.sydney.edu.au/jspcart/cart/Product.jsp?nID=1060&nCategoryID=24

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