Uncle Herb Patten took the nation by storm as a contestant on Channel 7's show, Australia's Got Talent, making his way into the Grand Final.

An extremely popular contestant, Uncle Herb played startling and emotional renditions of songs by blowing through a gumleaf. This video is an excerpt from a longer video Wominjeka, which profiles Victorian Koorie culture and Koorie organisations across Victoria.

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-I had 13 bird calls in there, and the one particular bird that I concentrated on today is the black cockatoo, the black red tail, black cockatoo. This is how it sounds.

[WHISTLING]