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[email protected] and quote http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/41105/ Tropical Sounds: A Cultural History of Music Education in Cairns and Yarrabah: 1930 to 1970. Malcolm Alastair Cole B. Mus. UQ, Cert. Mus. Ed. Kodaly Institute, Hungary, M. Mus. Ed. UWA Thesis presented to the School of History and the School of Education for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy James Cook University, Cairns. August, 2014. 1 Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge and thank the following people, without whom the study may never have been completed: Dr Janice Wegner and Dr Jo Balatti for their constant work and feedback as supervisors Dominique Sandilants and Sharyn Harrington at the School of Social Science, Cairns Terry, Gil and Nicky at the Cairns Historical Society Brother Barry Lamb at St. Augustine’s College Associate Professor Helen Stowasser Each of the wonderful musicians, teachers and artists who shared their personal and professional stories and their personal artifacts and mementos with me about this