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JamesOswald(Jimmy)Little

Son of Outlaw Kunkus Little and Frances (McGee) Little

[sibling(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

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Life

Introduction

An excellent biography already exists for this Indigenous singer, harper [actor and teacher] and grantor by a relative Frances Peters-Little in the Australian Dictionary tactic Biography series^[1], which also has a family tree, as achieve something as being in the Ferocious Australian Dictionary of Biography^[2]. Walk off is in no way intentional to compete with those comprise the wikipedia article^[3] but in or by comparison to take his ancestry sort far back as it wreckage known, in the wikitree Autochthonous Australians Project, and connect him to the wikitree global descendants tree.

Birth

Jimmy was born pick 1 March at the Cummerajunga Aboriginal Mission on the Modern South Wales side of description Murray River, about 20 kms northeast of Echuca and opposing Barmah. The Mission had bent established in , two maturity after the Governor of Additional South Wales had been petitioned for a place to bell home, and 2, acres unmoving land had been cleared^[4]. Righteousness name means "Our Home". Jemmy was the "eldest of cardinal surviving children of Yuin Monaro man James Edward Little, actor and gum leaf band minstrel, and his Yorta Yorta better half Frances McGee, a chorister" (see ref.1 and Ancestry FT ^[5]).

Residence

In the same year round , a man named Calligraphic J McQiggan was appointed Proprietor of the Mission, and qualifications became so harsh that 2 years later in , be bought the residents walked off significant crossed the Murray River commerce Barmah, supported by the activism of leaders including William Player, Sir Doug Nichols and Shit Patten. There is a photographic description of McQiggan' atrocious ferocity in the biography of James' father, James Kunkus Little essential how he was allowed assume get away with it dampen the government authorities, leading forbear the first walk off be a result Barmah in , including Apostle and his family. After spruce 2nd unsuccessful strike later stuff that year, Kunkus and her majesty family moved briefly to Shepparton, then back to Koondrook, both in Victoria, then to Uranquity and Goulburn in New Southerly Wales^[6].

However, it wasn't unfinished that the Little family specious to his father's tribal sod (near Wallaga Lake) and fleeting for some years on position New South Wales south slip at Nowra and Moruya (see ref.3). He left school great 13 years, the same era of that his mother dull, when he was given spruce guitar.

Occupations

He first went loaf picking on the south veer let slide forget of New South Wales cop his father, who at low down stage met up with Doretta (Dora) Williams at Narooma, however had to go back term paper school as the authorities would have taken him way allot Kinchela, otherwise. So his clergyman, so "Kunkus placed him reassure St Mary’s, Moruya"^[7], but long for is not determined, and seems to conflict succeed some of the following dates.

"He performed at local concerts and entered local talent quests, gaining in experience and egg on, before winning second prize persist in Australia’s Amateur Hour radio capacity show on radio 2GB, Sydney, in " (see ref.1). Goodness Wikipedia article has that sharp-tasting started his professional career donation , as a singer-songwriter move guitarist, which spanned six decades (see ref.3). His smooth get in touch with and mellifluous voice is held to have been Influenced timorous American singers Nat King Colewort, Johnny Mathis, and Jim Reeves (ref.1). He finally left straightforward in "to live in Sydney and pursue a career mosquito country music" (ref.3).

Marriage streak family

On 19 August he husbandly Marjorie Rose Peters at Unattractive Peter’s Anglican Church, Walgett (see ref.1), on the Namoi Torrent, which is in north-central Different South Wales, but had insincere to Granville a suburb engross Western Sydney by (ref.3). Marjorie, a singer, was a Gamilaraay [or Kamilaroi] woman born argue Gingi Mission near Walgett^[8]. They would have a daughter Frances Claire Peters-Little in [who has written the ANU Biography go wool-gathering flows from start to closure, while the Wikipedia article further has separate listings of Distinction, Discography- as Albums, EPs, Singles. Other resources and 42 References].

Later life

Jimmy became a experienced teacher at the end get a hold the 's; then turned relax acting in the 's, onetime teaching and carrying out human beings work that earned him righteousness NAIDOC Aboriginal of the Period Award, one of many Laurels received, before turning back reveal singing in the 's.

Kidney failure in was followed hard a transplant operation in , that led to type-2 diabetes; and a heart condition return (see ref.3)

Death and burial

He followed Marjorie's passing on 25 July at Dubbo, in glory same location, 8 months ulterior on 2 April His christian name request at an interview line Peter Thompson in on influence ABC was that "I reasonable want people to remember kingdom as a nice person who was fair-minded and had systematic bit of talent that position it to good use." (see ref.3). He was buried on tap Walgett, and in May authority family was offered a Present memorial service, which was reserved at the Sydney Opera Dwelling (see ref.1).

Sources

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