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Hitler, Stalin and Shirley Temple lived in the Australian outback

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Hitler, Stalin and Shirley Temple lived in the Australian outback

It might surprise you to learn that the names of pop stars and fascist dictators have been passed down to generations of Indigenous Australians.

Reporter Erin Parke heads to the remote Kimberley to meet a man named Bing Crosby, and find out how it happened.

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Broome, Fitzroy Crossing, Perth, Halls Creek, Indigenous Policy, Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander), History, Agricultural Policy, Police, Crime
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