00:00 It's a new rendition of a timeless musical call.
00:11 The didgeridoo player who came up with the idea says it's been needed for a long time,
00:16 but Australia wasn't ready.
00:18 Anyway, I was talking to my daughter, I said, "Well, why don't you do it then?"
00:24 And I said, "Well, you know, I don't know if your time's right."
00:29 Mark Atkins dreamt of releasing a new rendition of The Last Post with the didgeridoo to ensure
00:34 memories of the First Nations soldiers and Anzacs who fought side by side live on.
00:41 His grandfather served as a machine gunner in World War I.
00:45 He was equal on the battlefield, but not at the bar.
00:49 That's why this is really amazing to work on this project in a sense because even in
00:54 that time, the First Nations weren't considered a part of this society or human even.
01:00 Over on foreign lands, they were unified.
01:04 They were equal.
01:06 Mark wanted to turn the confusion he faced as a child into something special.
01:11 And it soon became a family project involving his daughter Chelsea and her husband Ricky.
01:17 It could be really, really healing and unifying for this nation if we do something.
01:22 So yeah, I called up Dad the next day and I was like, "What do you reckon, Dad?
01:27 Let's do it."
01:28 The piece is supported by the RSL and Services Clubs Association, the Australian War Memorial
01:33 and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
01:36 We didn't make this project to replace anything.
01:39 We made this project to sit alongside the tradition of The Last Post, which is already
01:44 such a beautiful tradition and such an evocative piece of music.
01:48 A new tradition to reflect on the nation's past.
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