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Felix Holmes Felix Holmes i(A124225 works by) (a.k.a. Iyanuk)
Born: Established: 1905 Humpty Doo, Litchfield Shire, Darwin area, Northern Territory, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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BiographyHistory

Felix Holmes is a senior Lawman of the Limilngan people. He is responsible for the Mordak mortuary song cycle. This is an important song cycle that connects the sites and territories of several groups in the Kakadu area with groups around Darwin. Felix Holmes spent much of his youth as a Buffalo shooter.

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Notes

  • A photograph of Felix Holmes (Iyanuk) can be seen in the Koori Mail, Edition 75, May 1994.
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