Show Notes
Today we are talking about the Blackface and Minstrelsy in Australia and our country’s love affair with racist performance. This is part 2, which covers the period from 1900 to 2026.
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
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