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Marlene Cummins Marlene Cummins i(7537092 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Kuku-Yalanji ; Aboriginal Woppaburra ; Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

Born in the southwest of Cunnamulla, Marlene Cummins is kukuyelandji (Kuku-Yalanji), Woppaburra woman, whose origins are from Brisbane to Cherbourg Aboriginal settlement to Great Keppel Island to Cape York. She is known for her song writing and performance in the Jazz Blues genre, in the mid 1990s Cummins refined her skill as a blues saxophonist.

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