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Performance of Aboriginal song and dance in the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.. Indigenous music of Australia comprises the music of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, intersecting with their cultural and ceremonial observances, through the millennia of their individual and collective histories to the present day.
The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions of indigenous and Western styles are exemplified in the works of Yothu Yindi, No Fixed Address ...
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (22 January 1971 – 25 July 2017), commonly known as Gurrumul and also referred to since his death as Dr G. Yunupingu, [note 1][5][6][7] was a Yolŋu Aboriginal Australian musician. [8] A multi-instrumentalist, he played drums, keyboards, guitar (a right-hand-strung guitar played left-handed) and didgeridoo, but it ...
Indigenous bands. A.B. Original – hip hop duo. Aim 4 More – Brisbane band. Amunda – rock band from Alice Springs. Banawurun – "outback motown" band. Beddy Rays – punk rock band from Redland Bay, Queensland, frontman 'Jacko' is a Woppaburra man. The Black Arm Band – concert band of some of Australia's premier Indigenous musicians.
Albert Namatjira (pronounced [namacɪra]; born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists. As a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art, he was arguably one of the most famous Indigenous ...
Opera, classical. Occupation. Composer. Peter Joshua Sculthorpe AO OBE (29 April 1929 – 8 August 2014) was an Australian composer. Much of his music resulted from an interest in the music of countries neighbouring Australia as well as from the impulse to bring together aspects of Aboriginal Australian music with that of the heritage of the West.
Indigenous Australian art. Gwion Gwion rock art found in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Pictographs known as Wandjina in the Wunnumurra Gorge, Barnett River, Kimberley, Western Australia. Indigenous Australian art includes art made by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, including collaborations with others.
Thelma Amelina Plumbe (born 21 December 1994), known professionally as Thelma Plum, is an Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician from Delungra, New South Wales. Her debut album, Better in Blak, was released on 30 July 2019 and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Plum has received various accolades, including ...