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Liz Hobday

Jack Charles honoured with dance and song

The state funeral for Indigenous elder and storyteller Uncle Jack Charles has featured didgeridoos, drag queens and dozens of songs and stories.

The actor, musician, activist and member of the stolen generations died at Royal Melbourne Hospital on September 13 after suffering a stroke. He was 79.

One of the hosts on Tuesday was Ari Maza Long, whose grandfather started Australia's first Aboriginal theatre company, Nindethana Theatre, with Uncle Jack in 1971.

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