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Seaman Dan was born on 25 August 1929 in the general hospital on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait Islands Region of Far North Queensland, Australia. [1] His great-grandfather was a sailor from Jamaica in the West Indies, and his great-grandmother a chief's daughter from New Caledonia. [2] Another grandfather came from the island of Niue in ...
Successful Torres Strait Islander musicians include Christine Anu (pop) and Seaman Dan. Contemporary Indigenous music continues the earlier traditions and also represents a fusion with contemporary mainstream styles of music, such as rock and country music. The Deadlys provide an illustration of this with rock, country, pop among the styles played.
Indigenous people in Australia are both Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.People of South Sea Islander descent may be included by popular culture, although they are the descendants of Pacific Islanders brought to Australia during the 19th century as indentured labour on the Queensland sugar canefields
Christine Anu (born 1970) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress of Torres Strait Islander origin. She gained popularity with the cover song release of the Warumpi Band's song "My Island Home" in 1995.
Gus Williams – country musician, community leader; Warren H Williams – country musician; Bart Willoughby – musician; Emily Wurramara – roots singer-songwriter; Frank Yamma – indigenous roots musician; Isaac Yamma – country musician; Dougie Young – country musician; Ursula Yovich – actress and singer; Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ...
The Mills Sisters had a repertoire of over 200 songs, which ranged from Torres Strait Island love songs to contemporary music, and included country, blues, reggae.They sang in many languages besides English: a variety of Samoan, Hawaiian, Papua New Guinean, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island languages.
David Ross Hope Bridie is an Australian contemporary musician and ... Key Torres Strait Island Composers) APRA Screen Music Award for Best Soundtrack Album: Won [44 ...
In 2007, Thomas Busby and Jeremy Marou met in Rockhampton. Jeremy is of Torres Strait Islander heritage, and both performers come from musical families. [1] With similar musical interests, the two combined to perform and write music under the name Busby Marou.