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Young, Douglas (‘Dougie’; ‘Young Dougie’) Garry

(1935–1991)> ABORIGINAL SINGER-SONGWRITER
Author: P. DUNBAR-HALL

Young, Douglas (‘Dougie’; ‘Young Dougie’) GarryYoung, (‘Dougie’ ‘Young Dougie’) Douglas Garry(‘Dougie’ ‘Young Dougie’) Douglas Garry Young (* Mitchell, Qld, c.1935; † Newcastle, NSW, 1991) Aboriginal singer-songwriter. Active in Wilcannia, NSW, from the 1950s, he was recorded by Jeremy Beckett in 1962 and 1964 (originally released on a Wattle disc in 1966), by Glen Vallance in Walgett in 1969, and Anthony Wallis in 1979. Of his songs 14 survive on these recordings, 13 of them in his own…

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