Indigenous

Indigenous Australian music has long been a vehicle for social protest. Yothu Yindi's pop success in the 1990's helped bring many Aboriginal issues into mainstream Australian affairs. In 1980, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) began successfully broadcasting traditional music. CAAMA has helped popularise remote musical communities, such as Blek Bala Mujik whose "Walking Together" became a sort of Australian anthem after its use in a Qantas commercial.

 

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