Titch and Tim's Didj Gig - Time Line page

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With appreciation and love for the native Australian people, who gave the world the Yidaki (Didjeridu)

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Didjeridu or Yidaki

Time Line

Whilst some people believe the Aboriginal people of Australia have been using the Didjeridu for 40,000 years or more, archaeological research suggests that the Didjeridu is only about 2000 years old. The evidence of this research comes in the form of rock art studies in the Northern Territory which, show images of humans playing the Didjeridu painted on cave walls starting from about 2000 years ago. Before this time, there are no images of Didjeridus or humans playing Didjeridus.

Regardless of how old the Didjeridu is, Western society has only recently - relatively speaking - become acquainted with the Didjeridu. The following timeline shows important dates relating to our understanding of the Didjeridu. The timeline includes historic events that either directly or indirectly led to greater awareness and understanding of the Didjeridu and the Aboriginal cultures that it is a part of.

Date	Event
1788	Australia colonised by Europeans.
1835	First written account of the Didjeridu is published where it is described as a trumpet.
1912	First audio recording of the Didjeridu. These recordings were made by Sir Baldwin Spencer using a phonograph and wax cylinders.
1925	The word Didjeridu came into being, attributed to Herbert Basedow.
1953	'Tribal Music of Australia' LP, the first commercially available recording of the Didjeridu and field recorded by A. P. Elkin in Arnhem Land, released by Folkway Records.
1963	'The Art of the Didgeridoo' by Trevor A. Jones released on LP by Wattle Recordings. This was the first demonstration of the traditional Aboriginal playing techniques of the Didjeridu by a non-Aboriginal person.
1977	'Bamyili Corroboree, Songs of Djoli Laiwanga' cassette released by Greville Records featuring David Blns* on Didjeridu. Blns* was regarded as the best player of the Didjeridu in the Western Arnhem Land style.
1996	'Didjeridu Techniques of an Aboriginal Tribe': first website on the Yidaki and the traditional playing techniques of the Yolngu people.
2001	1st issue of Didgeridoo & Co Magazine.
2002	Establishment of Manikay.com for the "promotion and enjoyment of traditional Arnhem Land music".
2003	iDIDJ Australia is established.
2006	In July Tim suggests 'Titch and Tim's Didj Gig' as a joke. August, Titch and Tim decide to try to make it a reality, and the web site is published.

Links

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Hand made, English wood, Didjeridus, ethically sourced from fallen trees: anticearthworks.co.uk

Some of our information is from ididj.com.au

Traditional Arnhem Land Didjeridu music: manikay.com

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