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"[Cook] is a good fellow, loyal to his friends ... [but as] a pure fighter, somewhat measured or without glow in speech, is not at his best on the platform."

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Malcolm Fraser with Yolngu leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu at the uranium-mining township of Jabiru in Arnhem Land, May 1978.

Malcolm Fraser with Yolngu leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu at the uranium-mining township of Jabiru in Arnhem Land, May 1978.


NAA: A6180, 4/5/78/62

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