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Australia’s rugby union team the Wallabies sing anthem in Indigenous language for first time

Australia’s national anthem is sung in a local Indigenous language before the Australian rugby team’s Tri-Nations match against Argentina. Olivia Fox, a Wiradjuri woman and student at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, sings it in the language of the Eora nation – the Aboriginal coastal clans from around Sydney. Every Wallabies player had learnt the words by heart for the historic moment before Saturday night’s game
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Wallabies sing Indigenous language Australian anthem before Tri-Nations draw with Argentina ► https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/05/wallabies-sing-indigenous-language-australian-anthem-before-tri-nations-draw-with-argentina

Gladys Berejiklian backs national anthem lyric change to recognise Indigenous Australians ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/11/gladys-berejiklian-backs-national-anthem-lyric-change-to-recognise-indigenous-australians

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