Roseina Boston - Wikiwand

Female Indigenous Australian

Born(1935-03-03)3 March 1935

Stuart Island, New South Wales, Australia

DiedSeptember 2018 (2018-10) (aged 83)

OthernamesAuntie Rose

InstrumentGumleaf

Roseina Boston
Wanangaa
Born	(1935-03-03)3 March 1935 Stuart Island, New South Wales, Australia
Died	September 2018 (2018-10) (aged 83)
Other names	Auntie Rose
Musical career
Instrument	Gumleaf
Musical artist

Roseina "Auntie Rose" Boston (3 March 1935 – September 2018) was an Gumbaynggirr Aboriginal elder known for her gumleaf music.^[1]^[2] Her Indigenous name was Wanangaa, meaning "stop".^[3]

Growing up on Stuart Island, New South Wales, Australia in an area that is now a golf course, she learned how to play the local eucalyptus gum leaves after hearing her uncles play.^[3]

Boston took part in the Australian Gumleaf Playing Championships, which ran between 1977 and 1997.^[3]^[1] No Indigenous person ever won the competition,^[4] but Boston did place fourth.^[3]

Her album, Aunty Rose and the gumleaf, was released in 2000 and Boston became the only female gumleaf player to have her music recorded for CD.^[5]^[6] She also painted.^[3]

Through her career, Boston was played frequently on Australian radio, and audio and video recordings of her work are held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, National Library of Australia, Department of Music Monash University, and National Film and Sound Archive.^[7]

Roseina Boston died in 2018, and was survived by her husband Harry Boston.^[2]

References

1 2 Taylor, Hollis. "Art of the gumleaf: Gumbaynggirr elder Roseina Boston turns 80". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
1 2 "Roseina Mariee Boston (nee Davis Quinlin) 'Aunty Rose'". Bernard Laverty Funerals - Facebook. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
1 2 3 4 5 Ryan, Robin (2003). "Australia Adlib - Gumleaf and Singing Dog Duo". Australia Adblib - ABC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
↑ Currency companion to music & dance in Australia. John Whiteoak, Aline Scott-Maxwell. Strawberry Hills, N.S.W.: Currency House Inc. in association with Currency Press, Sydney. 2003. pp. 312–313. ISBN 0-86819-260-0. OCLC 56468159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
↑ "Aunty Rose and the gumleaf". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
↑ Jamieson, Ian (24 April 2003). "Aunty Rose Plays The Gumleaf". ABC Darwin. Archived from the original on 21 June 2003. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
↑ Love, J. W.; Kaeppler, Adrienne (2017-09-25). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Australia and the Pacific Islands. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-54432-0.

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