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arrived from outside parliament house and convinced Bobby to give him the gun. Charlie removed the bullets from the gun, which he later handed over to the police. The fact that there were no bullets in the gun when it was given to the police meant that Bobby was only charged with possession of an
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in Sydney's south-west. In 1966, a Sydney City
Mission report on the suburb described "a lack of community life, a breakdown in family life, large numbers of deserted wives, needy children and bewildered people". Within two years of moving there, Bobby had been sentenced to five years in jail for
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Baptist church. Her father was Robert Brown, the first Aboriginal stipendiary magistrate. His father's father was a black tracker on the NSW south coast. Bobby started his singing career in the Baptist Youth Fellowship choirs. He learnt to play the guitar from
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Doonooch dance group, primarily as a way to keep young Aboriginal people away from alcohol and other drugs and provide them with gainful employment and a cultural and spiritual awakening. In 2000 the Doonooch dancers performed at the
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Technology. The class focused on Life Lore and Dead Lore and how engineers must take this into account when designing and building projects. Bobby lived in the home of Tom and Kathryn Balistrieri during that time.
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Bobby was fined $ 40 for the incident and put on a 12-month good behaviour bond. He remained grateful to
Charlie Perkins for having the presence of mind to remove the bullets. The matter was discussed in parliament.
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unlicensed gun, rather than the much more serious charge that would have followed if it had been loaded.
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275:Building Bridges Music Festival
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253:With Roger Knox and Euraba Band
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171:Vic Simms
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