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Hitler, Stalin and Shirley Temple lived in the Australian outback

Hitler, Stalin and Shirley Temple lived in the Australian outback

It might surprise you to learn that the names of pop stars and fascist dictators have been passed down to generations of Indigenous Australians. Reporter Erin Parke heads to the remote Kimberley to meet a man named Bing Crosby, and find out how it happened.

Background Briefing · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

November 30, 202340m 7s

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It might surprise you to learn that the names of pop stars and fascist dictators have been passed down to generations of Indigenous Australians. Reporter Erin Parke heads to the remote Kimberley to meet a man named Bing Crosby, and find out how it happened.

Topics

White ChristmasBing CrosbyHitlerStalinKimberleyagricultureShirley TempleaboriginalindigenousAustralian historyslaverycrimehistoryoutbackChristmasMussoliniAustraliaslave