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Bio1 Like %Australian storyteller, didjeridoo player and traveler delights in sharing the culture of his homeland through, story, song, dance, painting, theatre and didjeridoo.<br />
He comes to the U.S. from Adelaide, South Australia, on the invitation of Bobby Bridger and the Adelaide-Austin, TX, sister city program. Bridger is a descendent of the legendary western pioneer, Jim Bridger. In 1986, Paul acted as guide for Bobby Bridger on an extensive tour of South Australia. Bridger performed his acclaimed one-man show “Ballad of the West<, on a tour of the outback and to the Pitjantatjara Aboriginal community in the red heart of the country.<br />
Paul graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work in 1980. His interest in the Aboriginal culture of his own country is born from time spent as a social worker among the Aboriginal people in outback Australia??™s Northern Territory in the early eighties. It was at this time he was introduced to the wonderful tradition of storytelling and the music of the didjeridoo.<br />
Paul is mentored by Yidumduma Bill Harney, custodian of the Wardaman culture in Australia>s Northern Territory. Paul returns to Australia on sabbatical each year to spend time with family and Bill. Paul has been honored with his Wardaman name “Jalala”.%