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Jirlparurrumarra Piraparrjirri Jirlparurrumarra Piraparrjirri i(A131592 works by) (a.k.a. Bobby Dazzler)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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Jirlparurrumarra Piraparrjirri composed songs in Gnarla, an Aboriginal language spoken in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. 'He did stockwork but was mostly an offsider to a well-sinking team. He was also an amateur boxer.' Jirlparurrumarra Piraparrjirri 'joined the [Aboriginal pastoral] strikers after 1949 but went back to station work' when employment conditions were improved in the 1960s and 70s. Source: Ngarla Songs (2003)

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