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by John Von Sturmer Peret Arkwookerum (1924-1978), Aboriginal dancer, was born in 1924 on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, in his mother’s country, centred on Hersey Creek; his father’s land lay north of Edward River. Peret’s principal totem was possum and his dialect Kugu-Mu’inh, one of several in the Kugu-Nganychara group. WhileContinue reading “Peret Arkwookerum”