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Remembering ‘Uncle’ Fred Murray

December 13, 2020, in Videos > Documentary, by

This is a short tribute to ‘Uncle’ Fred Murray, an Aboriginal Australian Baha’i of the Mirning Yirkala.

Learn more about ‘Uncle’ Fred Murray from this article by June Perkins called ‘A Tribute to Fred Murray: Retracing the Story of Uncle Fred’.

This video was produced by June Perkins and Tom Hearn in collaboration with Baha’i Blog.

Check out June Perkins’ website here: https://gumbootspearlz.org/ and Tom Hearn’s production company “Bush TV” here: https://bushtv.com.au/

The year 2020 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Baha’i Faith in Australia, which you can learn more about here on the Australian Baha’i Centenary website: https://centenary.bahai.org.au/

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Naysan Naraqi

Naysan is passionate about using the arts and media to explore the teachings of the Baha’i Faith. Back in 2011, Naysan started up the Baha’i Blog project, channeling his experiences in both media and technology companies to help create a hub for Baha’i-inspired content online.
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Discussion 2 Comments

May God bless this noble soul ! I feel he is my uncle too though I live miles away from Australia. I am deeply touched by “Uncle” Murray…

Roxana

Roxana (December 12, 2020 at 2:17 AM)

May God bless this noble soul ! I feel he is my uncle too though I live miles away from Australia. I am deeply touched by “Uncle” Murray…

(ps: sorry dear Neysan but I forgot the word “away” in the 1rst post)

Roxana

Roxana (December 12, 2020 at 2:25 AM)

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