The lost music of Duke Batavia →
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Duke Batavia was an Indonesian-born Dutch citizen, a sailor, songwriter and raconteur. Forced to leave Indonesia after the revolution in 1947, he sailed, wrote and drank until his death in 1967. Not much remains, but scraps of songs that a few Melbourne musicians - Ben Birchall, Glenn Arnup, Nick Vorrath, Dave McGann and Adam Hengstberger have unearthed.