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Jimmy Edgar![Portrait of Jimmy Edgar smiling with his guitar](/https/www.abc.net.au/rightwrongs/assets/media/2017/03/no-consorting-image-683x1024.jpg)
AUDIO: Jimmy Edgar (ABC Open)
Indigenous and non-Indigenous people were discouraged from socialising. In 1905, Broome declared the town a prohibited area under the WA Aborigines Act. During the 1960s Aboriginal guitarist Jimmy Edgar and his band were very popular. They played at venues within the prohibited zone and even after curfew hours.
Read more of Jimmy Edgar’s story from ABC Open
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