Biography
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Born In
Groote Eylandt, East Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia
Emily Wurramara is an Indigenous Australian singer and songwriter.
In 2018, Wurramara was nominated for Best Blues and Roots Album at the ARIA Awards.
Early life
Wurramara is a Warnindhilyagwa woman from Groote Eylandt, 50 kilometres (31 mi) off the Northern Territory of Australia. She grew up in Brisbane.
Music
Wurramara writes and sings in both English and Anindilyakwa.
In 2016, she released her debut EP, Black Smoke, which earned her a Queensland Music Award. She followed it up with an album named Milyakburra in 2018 and toured nationally with Alice Skye.
In November 2022, she collaborated with other First Nations artists Emma Donovan, DOBBY, Drmngnow, and Optamus to create a song in memory of Cassius Turvey, a Noongar-Yamatji boy who had died at the age of 15 the result of an assault by a random attacker when walking home from school in Perth, Western Australia. The song, titled "Forever 15", was played at Turvey's funeral on 18 November 2022 funeral and released three days later on 21 November 2022.
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