Letterstick Band are a band from north-east

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. The members are from the An-Barra Clan on the coast near

Maningrida Maningrida ( Ndjébanna: ''Manayingkarírra'', Kuninjku: ''Manawukan'') is an Aboriginal community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region of Australia's Northern Territory. Maningrida is east of Darwin, and north east of Jabiru. It is on ...

. They are named after the wooden tools on which messages are carved to communicate between places. They play a mixture of reggae and rock that has been called saltwater rock and they sing in English and in Arnhem Land languages. Letterstick Band won a Deadly for Band of the Year in 2001. They are the subjects of the documentary ''Diyama - Soundtracks of Maningrida''.

Discography

* ''An-Barra Clan'' (1998) -

CAAMA The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is an organisation founded in 1980 to expose Aboriginal music and culture to the rest of Australia. It started with 8KIN-FM, the first Aboriginal radio station in the country. Based in ...

* ''Diyama'' (2003) - CAAMAMusic Australia
Diyama

References

* {{Authority control Northern Territory musical groups Indigenous Australian musical groups