Tom Foster appears to be the first Aboriginal to publish written music notation. He wrote two hymns around 1930 at Le Perouse mission.
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T:My Thoughts
T:Le Perouse Mission 1930
C:Tom Foster (1880-1942) Tharawal Country
C:With Kind permission of Shannon Foster
P:National Librarof Australia https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237363540
L:1/8
M:4/4
I:linebreak $
K:Dmaj
[I: MIDI=program 58]A,2 | F3 F GFCD | E4 B,3 B, | C3 C CB,A,G |$
w:My thoughts shall ev-er be of jes-us who bore that cru-el cross for me
w:My time shall ev-er be for je-sus for time is flee-ting fast a-way
w:My song shall e-ver be for Je-sus He's done such wond-rous things for me
F6 A,2 | F3 F GFCD | E4 B,3 B, |$
w:me twas love that made him hang and suf-fer, that
w:way and soon our lord shall be re-turn-ing, I'm
w:me And soon He's com-ing back to take me, and
C3 C GGFE | D6 ||A2 | A3 E EFGA | F6 F2 | B3 A GFEB, |$
w:with him I shall ev-er be. Oh Wond-rous love, yes bound-less love that je-sus had for you and me
w:wait-ing for that bles-sed day
w:with him I shall ev-er be
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w:me. It bought him from his home on hi-gh to suf-fer on that cru-el tree