Barambah, Maroochy

Also known as
Barambah, Maroochy (1950-)
Field of activity
Opera singer
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http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35619686
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Biographies

Maroochy Barambah is a distinguished indigenous musician whose career since the 1970s has spanned the genres of jazz, rock, musical theatre and classical opera.

Maroochy Barambah, formerly Yvette Isaacs, of Gubbi Gubbi descent, was born in c.1950s at Cherbourg reserve in Queensland. Her early years were spent in the dormitory system, designed to sever Aboriginal children from their cultural heritage. She participated in the Aboriginal Inland Mission choir at Cherbourg and, when fostered out to a family in Melbourne, she went to school there under the Harold Blair Aboriginal Children’s project.

In the 1970s she was awarded a Melba Conservatorium of Music scholarship, and subsequently formed her own jazz group. She became lead singer with indigenous rock band Quokka and participated in the Rock Against Racism concert in Hobart, Tasmania. She also took part in the television series Women of the Sun (1982). In the same year she changed her name as a statement of pride in her Aboriginality.

In 1989 she performed in the Sydney Metropolitan Opera production, Black River, which won the Sounds Australian National Music Critics Award for the year and a film version has since been produced. In 1990 she played the lead role in the successful indigenous musical, Bran Nue Dae, and in 1991 was awarded the inaugural Aboriginal performing arts fellowship offered by the Aboriginal Arts Committee as she pursued a career as a classical opera singer. She also had the lead role in Beach Dreaming, an opera written not only for but about her, by Mark Isaacs.

View the full record at Australian Women's Register

Resources for Maroochy Barambah

Selected resources (2)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Women of the sun
    Maris, Hyllus and Sonia Borg
    [1985]
    Published: Penguin Books
  2. The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture
    Horton, David
    [1994]
    Published: Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS

Resources by Maroochy Barambah (9)

  1. Mongungi / Maroochy Barambah
    Barambah, Maroochy
    [ Sound : 1995 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.997)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.997)

  2. Once upon a dreamtime / Maroochy Barambah
    Barambah, Maroochy
    [ Sound : 1997 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.372)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.372)

  3. Mongungi : modern tribalism / Maroochy Barambah
    Barambah, Maroochy
    [ Sound : 1994 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.37)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.37)

  4. Aborigine / Maroochy Barambah
    Barambah, Maroochy
    [ Sound : 1995 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.586)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.586)

  5. Relationship and Communality: an Indigenous Perspective on Knowledge and Expression
    Barambah, Maroochy
    [ Article : 2011 ]
    Languages: en_AU
    View online
    At University of Sydney
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.506)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.506)

  6. Protocols for the use of indigenous cultural material
    Barambah, Maroochy; Kukoyi, Ade
    Going Digital 2000: Legal Issues for E-Commerce, Software and the Internet
    [ Article : 2000 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.701)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.701)

  7. Black river / producers, Aanya Whitehead and Kevin Lucas; director, Kevin Lucas
    Australian Film Finance Corporation
    [ Video : 1993-2003 ]
    At 19 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.678)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.678)

  8. Bran nue dae
    Chi, Jimmy, 1948-
    [ Video : 1991 ]
    At 8 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.663)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.663)

  9. Black river / composer Andrew Schultz ; librettist Julianne Schultz
    Schultz, Andrew, 1960-
    [ Sound, Sheet music : 1997 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.358)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.358)

Resources about Maroochy Barambah (7)

  1. [Biographical cuttings on Maroochy Barambah, singer, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.912)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.912)

  2. Barambah, Maroochy [Press Clippings]
    [ Book : 1900 ]
    At NFSA
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.593)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.593)

  3. Songlines, profile of Maroochy Barambah
    Milliken, Robert
    Sydney Morning Herald. Good Weekend
    [ Article : 1996 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.367)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.367)

  4. Maroochy Barambah belts it out: profile
    Baker, Candida
    Artforce
    [ Article : 1995 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.503)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.503)

  5. Black swan's song. -Aboriginal opera singer, Maroochy Barambah-
    Prerauer, Maria
    Bulletin (Sydney)
    [ Article : 1993 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.236)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.236)

  6. Song of the black swan. -Aboriginal singer Maroochy Barambah-
    Litson, Jo
    Australian. Magazine
    [ Article ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.223)

  7. Women and land rights. -Collection of articles.-
    MacKenzie, Rachel and others
    Land Rights Queensland
    [ Article : 1995 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.453)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.453)

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