Roseina Boston Explained

Roseina Boston

Native Name:

Wanangaa

Native Name Lang:

kgs

Other Names:

Auntie Rose

Birth Date:

3 March 1935

Birth Place:

Stuart Island, New South Wales, Australia

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Instrument:	Gumleaf

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]

Career

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.

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

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.

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.

Notes and References

Web site: Taylor . Hollis . Art of the gumleaf: Gumbaynggirr elder Roseina Boston turns 80 . 2022-05-09 . The Conversation . en.
Web site: 25 September 2018 . Roseina Mariee Boston (nee Davis Quinlin) 'Aunty Rose' . 2022-05-09 . Bernard Laverty Funerals - Facebook . en.
Web site: Ryan . Robin . 2003 . Australia Adlib - Gumleaf and Singing Dog Duo . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20041208021601/http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s914726.htm . dead . 8 December 2004 . 2022-05-09 . Australia Adblib - ABC . en.
Book: Currency companion to music & dance in Australia . 2003 . Currency House Inc. in association with Currency Press, Sydney . John Whiteoak, Aline Scott-Maxwell . 0-86819-260-0 . Strawberry Hills, N.S.W. . 312–313 . 56468159.
Web site: Aunty Rose and the gumleaf . 2022-05-09 . trove.nla.gov.au.
Web site: Jamieson . Ian . 24 April 2003 . Aunty Rose Plays The Gumleaf . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030621120737/http://www.abc.net.au/darwin/stories/s838402.htm . dead . 21 June 2003 . 2022-05-09 . ABC Darwin . en.
Book: Love . J. W. . The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Australia and the Pacific Islands . Kaeppler . Adrienne . 2017-09-25 . Routledge . 978-1-351-54432-0 . en.