Henry “Seaman” Dan and Karl Neuenfeldt. 2013. Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan

Authors

  • Åse Ottosson Australian National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jwpm.v1i1.46

Keywords:

Australian Indigenous music, Torres Strait Islands, Seaman Dan, biography

Abstract

Henry “Seaman” Dan and Karl Neuenfeldt. 2013. Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 170pp. ISBN 978-1-9220-59208 (pbk)

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Ottosson, Åse. 2006. “Making Aboriginal Men and Music in Central Australia”. PhD thesis (Canberra: Australian National University School of Archaeology and Anthropology).

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Published

2014-09-05

Issue

Section

Popular Music in Australia and the Pacific

How to Cite

Ottosson, Åse. (2014). Henry “Seaman” Dan and Karl Neuenfeldt. 2013. Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan. Journal of World Popular Music, 1(1), 46-50. https://doi.org/10.1558/jwpm.v1i1.46