This is a list of Indigenous Australian musicians.

Solo artists

* Trevor Adamson – country/gospel singer * Danzal Baker (Baker Boy) – rapper, singer *

Auriel Andrew Auriel Andrew (1947 – 2 January 2017) was an award-winning Arrernte country musician from the Northern Territory of Australia. Biography Andrew was born in Darwin, and grew up in Mparntwe, Northern Territory. She is Arrernte, the Traditi ...

– country musician *

Christine Anu Christine Anu (born 15 March 1970) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She gained popularity with the cover song release of the Warumpi Band's song " My Island Home". Anu has been nominated for 17 ARIA Awards. Early life Anu was bo ...

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Torres Strait Islander Torres Strait Islanders () are the Indigenous Melanesian people of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal people of the rest of Australia, they are often grouped ...

) – singer-songwriter, actress, producer, and speaker *

Ronald Dick Air Vice Marshal Ronald Dick (18 October 1931 – 25 March 2008) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. from 1984 to 1988. RAF career Educated at Beckenham and Penge County Grammar Sc ...

– Singer-songwriter Musical Theatre Triple Threat *

David Arden David Arden is an Australian guitar player, singer and songwriter. He has performed with Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Tiddas, Bart Willoughby, Mixed Relations and with members of Shane Howard, Paul Kelly, Not Drowning Waving and Hunters and Col ...

– singer and guitar player *

George Assang George Assang (1927–1997) was an Australian jazz and blues singer and actor from Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia. He performed under his own name and the stage name Vic Sabrino. Assang was of Aboriginal, Pacific Islander, and Asi ...

– singer and actor * Mark Atkins –

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Maroochy Barambah Maroochy Barambah is an Australian Aboriginal mezzo-soprano singer. She is a song-woman, law-woman and elder of the Turrbal people. Early life She was born Yvette Isaacs in the 1950s in Cherbourg, Queensland. She is of the Turrbal-Gubbi Gubbi p ...

– mezzo-soprano * Black Allan Barker – country/blues singer * William Barton – didgeridoo player *

Lou Bennett Lou Bennett (May 18, 1926, Philadelphia – February 10, 1997, Paris) was an American jazz organist. Bennett first played bebop on piano, but started playing organ in 1956 after hearing Jimmy Smith. Bennett toured the U.S. with an organ trio bet ...

– musician and actor * Birdz – rapper, songwriter *

Harold Blair Harold Blair (13 September 1924 – 21 May 1976) was an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist. He has been called the "last great Australian tenor of the concert hall era". Early life Blair was born at the Barambah Aboriginal Reserve at ...

– tenor *

David Blanasi David Blanasi ( – 2001?) was an Aboriginal man of the Mayali language group of west Arnhem Land, who is known for popularising the didgeridoo outside Australia, after appearing on television on the '' Rolf Harris show'' in 1967. He subsequentl ...

– didgeridoo player * Briggs – hip hop performer *

Brothablack Shannon Narrun Williams, known as Brothablack, is a Sydney-based Indigenous hip hop performer. Brothablack was a founding member of Deadly Award-winning group South West Syndicate. He has since gone solo and has worked as an MC for The National ...

– hip hop performer * Burragubba – didgeridoo player *

Sammy Butcher Sammy Butcher is an Pitjantjatjara– Warlpiri musician who formed the Warumpi Band. Biography Butcher was born at Papunya, Northern Territory in Central Australia. His mother's side is from the south, the Pitjantjatjara tribe and his father's s ...

– guitarist, ex Warumpi Band *

Kev Carmody Kevin Daniel Carmody (born 1946), better known by his stage name Kev Carmody, is an Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter and musician, a Murri man from northern Queensland. He is best known for the song "From Little Things Big Things Grow", ...

– singer-songwriter *

Bernard Carney Bernard James Carney is an all-round Australian musician, who has worked in music since 1974. He is a songwriter, community choir director and guitar teacher, and his songs are peppered with passion and humour. He has made nine successful album ...

– all-round Australian musician * Troy Cassar-Daley – country musician * Deborah Cheetham – opera singer * Jimmy Chi – composer, musician and playwright *

Marcus Corowa Marcus Corowa is an Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter from Bowen, Queensland Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Bowen had a population of 10,377 people. The l ...

– blues, soul and jazz musician *

Marlene Cummins Marlene Cummins is a jazz blues singer, saxophonist, songwriter, artist, Aboriginal Australian activist, broadcaster, dancer, and actor. Many activists consider her to be Australia's Angela Davis. Music Cummins is considered Australia's foremost ...

– blues singer and saxophonist *

Miiesha Miiesha is an Australian singer-songwriter from the Aboriginal community of Woorabinda, Queensland. She was the recipient of New Talent of the Year at the 2020 National Indigenous Music Awards and won the ARIA Award for Best Soul/R&B Release ...

- singer songwriter *

Seaman Dan Henry Gibson Dan (25 August 1929– 30 December 2020), known as Seaman Dan, an Indigenous Australian, was a Torres Strait Islander singer-songwriter with a national and international reputation whose first recording was released in 2000. His al ...

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) – singer-songwriter *

Ash Dargan Ash Dargan is an indigenous Australian didgeridoo player. He is a member of the Larrakia people but did not find out about his aboriginality until he was 21.The West Australian, 22 June 2000, "Competition" by Ara Jansen He teaches and performs al ...

– didgeridoo player * Alan Dargin – didgeridoo player *

Scott Darlow Scott Darlow is an Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist, didgeridoo player and public speaker from Melbourne, Victoria Biography Darlow was born in Melbourne, Australia to Salvation Army parents, the second of four children, Darlow move ...

– singer-songwriter, didgeridoo player * Reggae Dave – reggae musician * Casey Donovan – pop/rock singer, winner of the second season (2004) of ''

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Emma Donovan Emma Donovan (born 1981) is an Aboriginal Australian singer and songwriter. She is a member of the renowned musical Donovan family. She started her singing career at age seven with her uncle's band, the Donovans. In 2000, she became a founding m ...

– singer-songwriter *

Kutcha Edwards Kutcha Edwards is an indigenous Australian singer and songwriter. He was born in Balranald, New South Wales, in 1965. A survivor of the Stolen Generations, he was removed from his parents at the age of 18 months. He is a Mutti Mutti man. He was n ...

– singer-songwriter * Sue Ray – country/blues singer/songwriter, winner of three QMusic awards *

Dewayne Everettsmith Dewayne Everettsmith is an Australian singer based in Hobart. He released his debut album ''Surrender'' in 2014. The album includes the song "Melaythina" which is the first commercially available song sung in Palawa kani. His song "It's Like Lo ...

– Tasmanian singer * Sharnee Fenwick – country singer * Isaiah Firebrace – soul/pop singer *

Tom Foster (musician) Tom Foster was an Australian Aboriginal musician. A member of the Tharawal people, he was born in New South Wales and lived for some time on the mission at La Perouse Mission Church, Le Perouse. He composed at least two spiritual songs which ...

– Gospel songwriter *

Leah Flanagan Leah Flanagan is an Australian singer-songwriter and arts administrator from Darwin, Northern Territory. based in Sydney. She has released several albums and has toured Australia with her music and as a part of festival ensembles. Early life ...

– Darwin singer-songwriter *

Richard Frankland Richard Joseph Frankland is an Australian playwright, scriptwriter and musician. He is an Aboriginal Australian of Gunditjmara origin from Victoria. He has worked significantly for the Aboriginal Australian cause. Biography Richard J. Frank ...

– playwright, musician and activist *

Tia Gostelow Tia Gostelow (born 12 October 1999) is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter from Mackay, Queensland. Gostelow released her debut studio album, ''Thick Skin'', in 2018 on Lovely Records. ''Thick Skin'' was nominated for Album of the Year a ...

– singer-songwriter *

Gawurra Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu, known mononymously as Gawurra, is an Australian singer-songwriter hailing from Milingimbi, North East Arnhem. He sings in the Gupapuyngu language. His debut album ''Ratja Yaliyali'' (which means "vine of love") is a ...

– singer-songwriter *

Joe Geia Joseph Benjamin Geia (born 1959, Ingham, Queensland, Ingham) is an Australian musician of Murri (people), Murri Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal heritage. As a solo artist he has released three albums, ''Yil Lull'' (1988), ''Tribal Journey'' ( ...

– musician, composer of the song "Yil Lull" * Robyn Green – gospel singer * Djalu Gurruwiwi – didgeridoo player *

Grant Hansen Grant Hansen is an Australian Indigenous musician and broadcaster who has worked as a host of the Marngrook footy show, broadcast on National Indigenous TV network as well as Channel 31, Foxtel, ABC and SBS . He has worked as a radio announcer / ...

– musician and broadcaster *

Becca Hatch Rebecca Hatch, known by her stage name Becca Hatch, is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter from Sydney, Australia. She signed to "Forever Ever Records", a joint venture label between Australian hip hop host Hau Latukefu and Sony Music ...

– musician and singer-songwriter * Glen Heald – musician, songwriter, producer * David Hudson – didgeridoo player *

Ruby Hunter Ruby Charlotte Margaret Hunter (31 October 195517 February 2010), also known as Aunty Ruby, was an Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist, and the life and musical partner of Archie Roach . Early life Ruby Hunter was born on 31 ...

– singer-songwriter * Adam James – country singer *

Toni Janke Toni Janke ( ) is an Australian soul singer. She is a mother of two, a singer/songwriter/musician and is one of Australia's youngest Indigenous university graduates. She won a Deadly in 2002 for Female Artist of The Year Janke has Aboriginal ...

– soul singer *

Jimblah Jimblah (born James Alberts) is an indigenous Australian hip hop artist from the Larrakia nation who lives in South Australia and tours nationally. He has released two solo albums and an album with his duo Homeward Bound. He is signed to the Ele ...

– hip hop artist *

JK-47 Jacob Paulson (born 1997/1998), known professionally as JK-47, is an Indigenous Australian rapper, musician, and activist from Tweed Heads South, New South Wales. His debut album, ''Made for This'', was released independently on 4 September 2 ...

– rapper, musician *

J-Milla J-Milla, often styled J-MILLA, is an Aboriginal Australian hip hop musician . He was born as Jacob Nichaloff in Darwin in the Northern Territory. Early life and education J-Milla was born as Jacob Nichaloff, and is of the tak Mak Marranunggu ...

– rapper, singer-songwriter *

Tasman Keith Tasman Keith is an Australian rapper and singer-songwriter. Early life Tasman Keith is a Gumbaynggirr man from Bowraville, New South Wales. At age seven, Tasman and his family moved from Bowraville to Sydney for his father's music. His dad wa ...

– rapper, singer-songwriter *

Roger Knox Roger Knox (born 1948) is an Australian country singer, known as the Black Elvis and the Koori King of Country. Early life Knox is from the Gamilaroi nation, part of the Aboriginal Australian community, and was born in Moree, New South Wales. ...

– country singer * Sharon-Lee Lane – country singer * The Kid Laroi – rapper, singer-songwriter * Lady Lash – rapper, singer-songwriter *

Herbie Laughton Herbert Patrick Laughton, (7 February 1927 - 2 December 2012) was a country singer from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. He is also a member of the Stolen Generations. In 2005 he was inducted into the hall of fame at Music N ...

– country singer * Georgia Lee – jazz and blues singer * Tom E. Lewis – actor and musician *

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– rapper *

Jimmy Little James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 19372 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher, who was a member of the Yorta Yorta tribe and was raised on the Cummeragunja Reserve, New South Wales. Little started his profess ...

– country singer *

Mau Power Mau Power, born Patrick James Mau, is a hip hop artist from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait and is the first Australian rapper to tour from this region.Green Left Weekly, March 23, 2014, Mat Ward, Rapper Mau Power has the power to make cha ...

– hip hop artist from the Torres Strait Islands *

Jessica Mauboy Jessica Hilda Mauboy (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and subseq ...

– pop and R&B singer, runner-up in the third season (2006) of ''

'' * Djolpa McKenzie – reggae, rock, dub and funk singer *

Bobby McLeod Bobby McLeod (1947 – 30 May 2009) was an Aboriginal activist, poet, healer, musician and Yuin elder. He was from Wreck Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory. He was involved in the fight for Aboriginal rights in Australia and travelled the world spe ...

– activist, poet, healer and musician * Sasha McLeod (Sycco) – singer-songwriter * Ali Mills – singer from Darwin *

Rita Mills Rita Mills (25 August 1935 – 8 December 2004), also known as Rita Fell Rita Tyrell, and Rita Fell-Tyrell, was an Australian singer from the Torres Strait Islands. She was one of the band the Mills Sisters. Biography Mills was born in 1934 on ...

– singer from Torres Strait Islands *

Shellie Morris Shellie Morris is an Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter who plays a mix of contemporary folk music and contemporary acoustic ballads. Biography and career Shellie Morris was raised in Sydney and began singing at an early age. She often perf ...

– singer-songwriter *

Munkimuk Mark Ross, known as Munk or Munkimuk is a Sydney-based hip hop performer and music producer. He is known as The Grandfather of Indigenous Hip Hop and has been performing since 1984 as a breakdancer and rapping since 1988. He is known for his music ...

– hip hop artist *

Johnny Nicol Johnny Nicol is a jazz singer born in Ayr, Queensland. Nicol began his career in 1958 as a member of The Maori Troubadours and recorded an album, ''A Little This, A Little That'', with them. He then went on to perform in on the Gold Coast the ...

– jazz singer * Rachel Perkins – director, producer, screenwriter and singer *

Thelma Plum 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 father is renowned lore-man Paul Winanga-li Gii Spear ...

– pop singer-songwriter *

Ziggy Ramo Ziggy Ramo Burrmuruk Fatnowna, known professionally as Ziggy Ramo, is an Australian singer. Early life Ziggy Ramo Burrmuruk Fatnowna was born to an Aboriginal and Solomon Islander father and a mother of Scottish heritage in Bellingen, New S ...

– singer-songwriter * Bob Randall – singer and author * Wilma Reading – jazz singer *

Archie Roach Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach was a Gunditjmara and Western Bundjalung people, Bundjalu ...

– singer-songwriter and guitarist *

George Rrurrambu George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga (1957 – 10 June 2007), known in life as George Rrurrambu and George Djilangya, was known as the frontman of Warumpi Band, an Aboriginal rock band. Burarrwanga was a Yolngu man, born in the remote homeland of Mat ...

– rock singer, ex Warumpi Band * Xavier Rudd – Australian

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Vic Simms William Victor Simms, known as Vic Simms and Vicki Simms, is an Australian singer and songwriter. He is from La Perouse, New South Wales, and is a Bidjigal man.

– singer-songwriter * Glenn Skuthorpe – folk and country singer-songwriter *

Alice Skye Alice Skye is an Australian singer and songwriter. She is a Wergaia woman from Horsham. In 2017, she was the Triple J Unearthed National Indigenous Winner. She released her debut album ''Friends with Feelings'' in 2018 and toured nationally wi ...

– singer-songwriter * Budjerah Slabb (Budjerah) – singer-songwriter *

Radical Son David Leha, known professionally as Radical Son, is a Kamilaroi and Tongan singer. He was part of the GetUp Mob, which released a cover version of "From Little Things Big Things Grow" in May 2008 – it reached No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Ch ...

– Indigenous Australian and Tongan singer * Dan Sultan – rock singer * Richard Walley – activist and didgeridoo player * Kaiit Bellamia Waup (Kaiit) – neo soul singer * Rochelle Watson – R&B and soul singer *

Brenda Webb Brenda Webb is an indigenous Australian singer and actress. Her debut single "Little Black Girl" was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release. "Little Black Girl" was released in 1993 and received radio airplay all over the cou ...

– rock singer * Naomi Wenitong – singer-songwriter from Shakaya and The Last Kinection * David Williams – didgeridoo player * Gus Williams – country musician, community leader *

Warren H Williams Warren Hedley Williams (born 27 December 1963) is an Aboriginal Australian singer, musician and songwriter from Hermannsburg in Central Australia. As of 2013 he worked as a broadcaster on CAAMA Radio in Alice Springs. Early life Williams was ...

– country musician *

Bart Willoughby Bart Willoughby (born 12 September 1960) is an Indigenous Australian musician, noted for his pioneering fusion of reggae with Indigenous Australian musical influences, and for his contribution to growth of Indigenous music in Australia. A Pitj ...

– musician, No Fixed Address, Coloured Stone, Mixed Relations * Emily Wurramara – roots singer-songwriter *

Frank Yamma Frank Yamma is a singer and songwriter from Central Australia. He is a Pitjantjatjara man who speaks five languages and sings in both Pitjantjatjara and English. Yamma is the son of Issac Yamma, an early artist who pioneered singing Western sty ...

– indigenous roots musician *

Isaac Yamma Isaac Yamma (or Yama) (1940 – January 1990) was a country singer from Central Australia. He was a Pitjantjatjara man who was born by a waterhole near Docker River ( Kaltukatjara). He started his musical career as a member of Areyonga Desert Ti ...

– country musician *

Dougie Young Dougie Young was a singer and songwriter from South West Queensland. Young had a white father (Frank Young) and a Gurnu mother (Olive Kathleen née McCarthy). Earlier in his life he worked as a stockman, during which he learnt the guitar and st ...

– country musician *

Ursula Yovich Ursula Yovich is an Aboriginal Australian actress and singer. Early life and education Yovich was born and grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Her father, Slobodan Jović, was a Serbian immigrant who anglicised his name to Stan ...

– actress and singer * Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – singer and guitarist, Yothu Yindi, Saltwater Band * Mandawuy Yunupingu – singer, community leader, Yothu Yindi

Indigenous bands

A.B. Original A.B. Original is an Australian hip hop duo made up of Indigenous Australian rappers Briggs and record producer Trials. A.B. Original stands for Always Black, Original. Both members are Indigenous Australians; Briggs is a Yorta Yorta man and Tri ...

– hip hop duo * Aim 4 More – Brisbane band *

Amunda Amunda are a rock band from Alice Springs formed in 1985. The band's name is based on Mbantua, the Arrernte word for meeting place, which is associated with the spring at Heavitree Gap in the MacDonnell Ranges at Alice Springs. In 1992 they playe ...

– rock band from

Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...

* Banawurun – "outback motown" band * Beddy Rays – punk rock band from Redland Bay, Queensland, frontman 'Jacko' is a Woppaburra man *

The Black Arm Band Black Arm Band is an Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander music theatre organisation. History The organisation was founded in late 2005 by Steven Richardson and has produced seven large-scale productions since its debut performance a ...

– concert band of some of Australia's premier Indigenous musicians * Black Image – North Queensland band * Blackfire – rock band from

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Blackstorm Blackstorm are a rock/blues band from Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. The members are Warlpiri and their songs are sung in Warlpiri and English. The band was nominated for a Deadly Award for Best Band in 2001. Music from Blackstorm and its ...

– rock/blues band from Yuendumu *

Blekbala Mujik Blekbala Mujik (Black People's Music) are an Australian rock, reggae group formed in Barunga, Northern Territory in 1986. They fused rock and reggae with a pop, dance sound and have support base for their live shows and recordings. They are ci ...

(Blackfella Music) – band from Arnhem Land *

Busby Marou Busby Marou (pronounced buz-bee ma-roo) are an Australian musical duo originally from Rockhampton, Queensland. The duo consists of Thomas Busby and Jeremy Marou while other musicians perform with them in concert. At the APRA Music Awards of 2012 ...

– folk country pop band from Rockhampton *

Coloured Stone Coloured Stone is an Aboriginal Australian band whose members originate from the Koonibba Mission, west of Ceduna, South Australia. The band performs using guitar, bass, drums, and Aboriginal instruments – didjeridu, bundawuthada (gong ston ...

– rock/reggae group from

Ceduna Ceduna may refer to: *Ceduna, South Australia, a town and locality *Ceduna Airport Ceduna Airport is a public airport in Ceduna, South Australia. The airport, which is owned by the District Council of Ceduna is located adjacent to the Eyre ...

The Country Lads The Country Lads are an Australian Indigenous band who played country rock with gospel themes. They released two albums through CAAMA The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is an organisation founded in 1980 to expose Abori ...

– country rock band *

Deadheart Deadheart is an Australian rock/pop band from Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion ...

– rock/pop band from

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

Dispossessed ''The Dispossessed'' (in later printings titled ''The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia'') is a 1974 anarchist utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven Hainish Cycle novels. It is one of a small number o ...

– Sydney heavy metal band *

Djaambi Djaambi were an urban rock band formed in 1989 by Richard Frankland (ex-Interaction) on lead vocals and saxophone, with both Aboriginal and white members. Initially a ten-piece, they had a variable line-up and sometimes had 15 performers. The ...

– band from

The Donovans The Donovans (The Donovan Band) are an Australian Aboriginal country music band. The Donovans have been playing together since their first official gig in 1984 at the Fire Brigade Ball in Mt Druitt. The Donovans grew up surrounded by the coun ...

– country band featuring the Donovan family *

East Journey East Journey are a rock/reggae band from North East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. They combined modern and traditional music and sing in both English and Yolŋu. History The band formed in 2010, and their debut album ''Guwak'' was released ...

– rock/reggae band * Electric Fields – electronic music duo *

Fitzroy Xpress Fitzroy Xpress is an indigenous Aboriginal country rock band from the remote Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia. Beginnings Members formed as a school band in 1982.Fitzroy Crossing * Ilkari Maru – rock band from Central Australia * Iwantja – rock band from Indulkana, South Australia *

King Stingray King Stingray are an Australian rock band from Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. With a sound self-described as "Yolŋu surf rock", the band perform songs with lyrics in both English and Yolŋu Matha. King Stingray released th ...

– punk rock band, descendents from members of Yothu Yindi *

Kuckles Kuckles ( Broome kriol for '' cockles'') was an Australian band. They formed in 1981 by students from Broome, Western Australia studying at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide. Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward a ...

– Broome band featuring Jimmy Chi *

Kulumindini Band Kulumindini Band are an aboriginal rock band from Elliott, Northern Territory. They are named after a Jingili Dreaming (spirituality), dreaming site. The members are Jingili-Mudbura people and they sing in both Mudbura and English. In 2008 they we ...

– rock band from

Elliott, Northern Territory Elliott is a town in Northern Territory of Australia. It is almost halfway between Darwin and Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway. The town is in the Yapurkulangu ward of the Barkly Region. At the 2016 census, Elliott had a population of 33 ...

Lajamanu Teenage Band Lajamanu Teenage Band are a rock band from Lajamanu, a town located about 600 km to the north of Yuendumu. The members are Warlpiri and their songs are sung in Warlpiri and English. They are popular in the Aboriginal communities. Their albu ...

– rock band from Lajamanu, Northern Territory * The Last Kinection – hip-hop group from

Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area, w ...

Letterstick Band Letterstick Band are a band from north-east Arnhem Land in Australia. The members are from the An-Barra Clan on the coast near Maningrida. They are named after the wooden tools on which messages are carved to communicate between places. They pla ...

– reggae/rock band from Northeast Arnhem Land *

Local Knowledge Traditional knowledge (TK), indigenous knowledge (IK) and local knowledge generally refer to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous peoples, indigenous, or Local community, local communities. According to t ...

– hip-hop group from

Lonely Boys Lonely Boys is a band from Ngukurr, Northern Territory, a remote aboriginal community, Ngukurr on the Roper River in Arnhem Land. A six-piece guitar inspired rock band, they play a mix of punk, rock and metal. In 2006, they won the Barunga Festiv ...

– rock band from

Ngukurr Ngukurr ( , ), formerly Roper River Mission (1908−1968), is a remote Aboriginal community on the banks of the Roper River in southern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. A number of different clans and language groups are represented in the tow ...

, Northern Territory *

The Medics The Medics are an Australian rock band formed in Cairns, Queensland in 2007. In April 2010 they moved to Brisbane. The band were formed by Emma Andrews, Jhindu Lawrie, Charles Thomas and Kahl Wallis. They later expanded to a five-piece with An ...

– rock band from Cairns, Queensland *

Microwave Jenny Microwave Jenny is an Australian pop/folk/jazz duet that consists of Tessa Nuku on vocals and Brendon Boney on guitar and vocals. They both have Indigenous Australians, Indigenous backgrounds with Brendon having been born and raised in Wagga Wagg ...

– singer-songwriters *

Mills Sisters __NOTOC__ The Mills Sisters, formerly known as the Singing Grandmas, were a group of three sisters from Torres Strait Islands, Rita Mills and twins Cessa and Ina. Early life Ina and Cessa, who were twins, were born in 1927, and Rita in 1934, ...

– band from Torres Strait Islands *

Mixed Relations Mixed Relations were an Australian band formed by Bart Willoughby. They played a mixture of reggae, pop, rock and jazz. Mixed Relations toured Aboriginal communities, Australian cities, Pacific Islands, New Zealand, United States, Europe, Canad ...

– reggae, pop, rock and jazz band *

Nabarlek Nabarleks (''Petrogale concinna''), are a tiny species of macropod found in northern Australia. They are a shy and nocturnal animal that resides in rocky hollows and forages in the surrounding area. Their diet is grasses, sedges, and ferns foun ...

– Indigenous roots band from

Arnhem Land Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia, with the term still in use. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territory capital, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Compan ...

Native Ryme Syndicate Native Ryme Syndicate is an Australian hip hop group formed in Brisbane, Queensland. Native Ryme Syndicate won a Deadly award in 1998 for Most Promising New Talent. They were the first Australian urban music group to the elite music festivals ...

– Brisbane rap group *

No Fixed Address In law, no fixed abode or without fixed abode is not having a fixed geographical location as a residence, commonly referred to as no fixed address. This is applicable to several groups: * People who have a home, but which is not always in the ...

– reggae/ska/rock band from

NoKTuRNL Nokturnl is a band formed in 1996 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Sometimes called rap metal; their music is hard to categorise, but their lyrics are influenced by their experience as Indigenous Australians. Nokturnl won "Band o ...

– hip hop/metal group from

North Tanami Band North Tanami Band are a reggae/ska band from Lajamanu, a town located about 600 km to the north of Yuendumu. The members are Warlpiri and their songs are sung in Warlpiri and English. They were the subjects of the documentary ''The Traveli ...

– reggae/ska band from Lajamanu, Northern Territory * Ntaria Ladies Choir – choir from

Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Hermannsburg, also known as Ntaria, is an Aboriginal community in Ljirapinta Ward of the MacDonnell Shire in the Northern Territory of Australia, ; west southwest of Alice Springs, on the Finke River, in the traditional lands of the Western A ...

The Pigram Brothers The Pigram Brothers are a seven-piece Indigenous Australian band from the pearling town of Broome, Western Australia, formed in 1996. They were heavily involved in Broome's musical and theatrical exports – forming the original backing band f ...

– country/folk group from Broome *

Saltwater Band Saltwater Band are an Indigenous roots band from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island, around 560 kilometres from Darwin. The members are Yolngu and they sing mostly in Yolngu languages. Their songs are a mixture of traditional songs and reggae/ska influe ...

– Indigenous roots band from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island *

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– country/reggae band from

Broome, Western Australia Broome, also known as Rubibi by the Yawuru people, is a coastal pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. In the the population was recorded as 14,660. It is the largest town in the Kimberley reg ...

* Shakaya – two piece girl group *

Soft Sands Soft Sands may refer to: * Soft Sands (band), a country and gospel band from Arnhem Land, Australia, or their debut album * Soft Sands (album) ''Soft Sands'' is a 1957 studio album by Oscar Peterson, arranged by Buddy Bregman. Track listing # ...

– country and gospel band from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island *

South West Syndicate South West Syndicate are an Australian hip-hop collective from Sydney. They started performing in 1992. They are made up of Aboriginal, Lebanese-Australian, Pacific Islander, Croatian, German and Anglo hip hop artists. Core members include Munki ...

– hip hip group *

Spin.FX Spin.FX is a Central Australian Indigenous band from the community of Papunya, Northern Territory. They sing in Luritja and play a mixture of reggae, rock, country and traditional sounds. The band's name is a modified spelling of spinifex. Memb ...

– reggae, rock, country band from

Papunya, Northern Territory Papunya (Pintupi-Luritja: ''Warumpi'') is a small Indigenous Australian community roughly northwest of Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is known as an important centre for Contemporary Indigenous Australian art, ...

Spinifex Gum Spinifex Gum is an Australian musical collective based in Cairns, a collaboration between the Indigenous ensemble the Marliya Choir, Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill of the Melbourne band The Cat Empire, Lyn Williams, and Deborah Brown. The perfor ...

– adolescent choral ensemble * Stiff Gins – acoustic group from Sydney * Stik n Move – hip hop duo *

Street Warriors Street Warriors are an Australian hip hop group. The group is made up of brothers Abie and Warwick Wright from Local Knowledge.Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area, w ...

Sunrize Band Sunrize Band are a rock band from the Northern Territory. Sunrize Band are from the remote community of Maningrida in the Arnhem Land and were the first band signed to Triple-J's record label. At the National Indigenous Music Awards 2012, the ...

– rock band from Maningrida *

The Merindas The Merindas are an Indigenous Australian pop duo, comprising Candice Lorrae and Kristel Kickett, active since the mid-2010s. Style The Merindas' live performances feature choreographed dance, projected video, unique wardrobe designed by the gr ...

– pop duo *

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– rock band from

Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory. It is the smalle ...

* Tiddas – three girl folk band from Victoria, Australia *

Tjimba and the Yung Warriors Yung Warriors (also called Tjimba and the Yung Warriors) are an Australian hip hop group, formed in 2007. They released their debut album ''Warrior for Life'' in June 2007. Yung Warriors played at 2008 Big Day Out, at Yabun in Sydney, and at t ...

– hip hop group from

Tjintu Desert Band Tjintu Desert Band is a Central Australian Indigenous band from Ikuntji, a small community 230 kilometres west of Alice Springs. Previously known as Sunshine Reggae or Sunshine Reggae Band they changed their name to include the Luritja The Lur ...

– desert reggae band *

Tjupi Band Tjupi Band is a Central Australian Indigenous band from the community of Papunya, Northern Territory. They sing in Luritja and English and play desert reggae. The lineup changes depending on who is available and can include Kumunjay Daniels, Samm ...

– reggae band from

Us Mob Us Mob were an early Aboriginal reggae rock band from South Australia. The band was formed with the help of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide. Overview Us Mob appeared in the film ''Wrong Side of the Road'' with fellow CASM b ...

– rock band from

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Warumpi Band Warumpi Band () were an Australian country and Aboriginal rock group which formed in the outback settlement of Papunya, Northern Territory, in 1980. The original line-up was George Burarrwanga on vocals and didgeridoo, Gordon Butcher Tjapanang ...

– rock/reggae group from

Papunya Papunya (Pintupi-Luritja: ''Warumpi'') is a small Indigenous Australian community roughly northwest of Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is known as an important centre for Contemporary Indigenous Australian art, ...

The Wilcannia Mob The Wilcannia Mob or Barkandji Boys were a hip-hop musical group of five Indigenous Australians from Wilcannia, New South Wales. The group formed in 2001, aged from nine to fourteen, with Buddy Blair, Keith Dutton, Wally Ebsworth, Colin "Colro ...

– rap/hip-hop group from Wilcannia,

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Wild Water Whitewater forms in a rapid context, in particular, when a river's gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that froths, making the water appear opaque and w ...

– reggae, rock, dub and funk band *

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– rock/reggae band * Harry and Wilga Williams – country music artists *

Wirrinyga Band Wirrinyga Band (also known as Warrinyga Band) are a rock band from Milingimbi, a small island in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. The band members are Yolngu. They sing in both Language and English and they mix modern instruments with traditional. ...

– rock band from

Milingimbi Milingimbi Island, also Yurruwi, is the largest island of the Crocodile Islands group off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. Location Milingimbi lies approximately east of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and west of N ...

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

Yabu Band Yabu Band is an Indigenous Australian rock, roots band formed in 1998 in Kalgoorlie. The word ''yabu'' is Wongutha – a western desert tribal language – for 'rock' or 'gold'. Core members are brothers Delson (vocals) and Boyd Stokes (guitar & ...

– desert rock/reggae band * Yothu Yindi – rock/folk group from

* Yugul – blues band

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Solo artists

Indigenous bands

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