What is it about?
The Australian gumleaf is not just an environmental icon of Australia but a musical instrument in its own right, both sonically and socially.
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Why is it important?
Findings show that the whimsical gumleaf instrument has played a considerable role in Australian music history, particularly in the lives of post-contact Indigenous musicians.
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Findings were based on two decades of research
Robin Ryan
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This page is a summary of: “Not Really a Musical Instrument?” Locating the Gumleaf as Acoustic Actant and Environmental Icon, Societies, May 2013, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/soc3020224.
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