Charlie Needs Braces is the musical project of Melbourne-based artist Charlie Woods, frequently accompanied by her sister, Miri Woods. Together with their mother, Rebecca Hird-Fletcher, the Woods family has actively claimed Aboriginal identity by asserting descent from the historical Broken Bay leader Bungaree and his wife, Matora. These assertions have been widely and consistently challenged … Continue reading Charlie Needs Braces: A Critical Examination of the Appropriation of an ‘Aboriginal’ Identity