Sackville Aboriginal Leaf Band

Sackville Aboriginal Leaf Band. At a church near Windsor, Retta Dixon speaks on mission work among Aboriginal people. She introduces her “party of Aboriginal children to render a chorus”. The Sackville party returns one pound sterling better off following a collection to aid Mission funds. There is another meeting at Windsor ten days later. Aborigines from Sackville and Plumpton (Blacktown) play music. The “Sackville Aboriginal Leaf Band” plays several musical pieces. The following Saturday evening, the band – including members of the Barber family – give a recital outside the Windsor Post Office. Residents report it sounds like a “string band”. (Brook, 1st edit, 33-34).