Warumpi Band - My Island Home 1988 | Reaction

[@dezza9441]

Brother, i'm an indigenous Australian. i think it's deadly you appreciate indigenous Australian music. Deadly in Indigenous slang means excellent or great. You awesome bro.

[@dezza9441]

😆now you got it , Cheerz brother.👍@@Louise-d-1

[@dezza9441]

@@Louise-d-1THANK YOU my Deadly Sista girl, I'm Dja-bu-guy Kuranda on mum side. I have owl totem...i think...well i hope. lol

[@dezza9441]

🧡@@Louise-d-1

[@dezza9441]

💛Yes i will..Thank you. I make content for my little channel, as i study Digital Media in Brisbane, this would be awesome for future content i am wanting to make. @@Louise-d-1

[@sickofthisnamestuff]

I'm a white fella living in Sydney going into my 7th decade and I this makes me tear up every time I hear it. Just gorgeous. Wonderful wonderful stuff.

[@robincoker225]

You have to hear their probably most important song BLACK FELLA WHITE FELLA.

[@adamcooper1898]

Brilliant song Black fella white fella.

[@ysolla85]

Yes. Great song.

[@pennyprasad1478]

what a classic song!! A national anthem!

[@meni8015]

Agree. Great song. Important message.

[@lateeshafischer4773]

YES I LOVE THAT SONG!

[@charlene4189]

We been here for more than 60,000 years. We are the ONLY and longest continuous living culture on planet earth. I'm Gumbayygirr and Yaegl. Nsw, Australia 🇦🇺 [-0-]

[@EanHooker-l5u]

I’m a proud aboriginal man and through school they only told us what they wanted us to hear sad but true

[@antheabrouwer3258]

I love this song. The Aboriginal artists are amazing. I like to make sure my children in Early Childhood get to hear Indigenous music..

[@johnk9385]

Indigenous Australia Culture is something we in Australia has sadly neglected. They are one of the oldest cultures still in existence, spiritual and in tune with the natural world in which we live and with so many diverse and unique languages. This is a culture that Australia should be celebrating and championing not denigrating and dismissing as we have done since the white man came to this land. The treatment of the Indigenous Australians is appalling and right up there with some of the worst history has to offer.

[@leandabee]

Absolutely! The people who shut me down on this, blows my mind! 🤦🏼‍♀️😖

[@staceyrobinson771]

Agree

[@sonjarado1175]

Well said!!! The only people not listening is the government as usual!!!! Beautiful people, beautiful culture the essence and true spirit of this country.

[@Enit276]

Not one of the oldest. The oldest

[@stivi739]

@@Enit276 the Africans are the oldest

[@ex_leper222]

This is one of my Dads favourite songs, he was a Aboriginal child of the stolen generation and was removed a long way from his country. He has found his family and his home again but the pain is still evident.

[@jenniferrogers2234]

This song always pulls at your heart strings for an Indigenous Australian. Our connection to the land is strong and intuitive. Aboriginal Australians were given the right to vote in 1962 and the right to be included in the Australian Census in 1967. Up until that time all Aboriginal Peoples were only counted as Goods and Chattel. How insulting! My own parents were an anomaly for their time because my dad is an indigenous Australian and my mom was white. They married in 1966. Which I’m sure you can imagine was a very brave thing to do back then. As a child I remember the colored only drinking taps for water and the colored only areas at the local pub. When I started school in 1972 Aboriginal students had only been attending the same school in our area for five years. The racism and prejudice was blatant and nasty. I still remember being warned about the K.K.K. as a child. Yes, those people lived around here too. Lynchings were only ever whispered about in private but they did happen. Thankfully, today nobody crosses the street when they see you but they did back then. These are some of the things that they never taught you about in school but should have. I made sure to educate my children with the truth and in turn they are doing the same for their children. Nothing is more powerful than the truth.

[@Sunnygirl01]

Don’t worry, Nick, many Australians are not fully educated on the injustices to our First Nations People. Did you know that they were not even included in the national census until 1967? And there had to be a referendum for that happen 😔 That’s why I love travelling, to learn about different cultures and history. We may come from different cultural backgrounds, but we come from one race, the human race. There has been some healing, but there’s so much more healing that needs to happen. I give much respect to our First Nations People ♥️🙏

[@ThatSingerReactions]

I love this and very well said

[@JoRiceRenegade4Eva]

💯 one race 🙏 🙏🏾 🙏🏻 🙏🏿 🙏🏽 ❤️

[@rohansmith2571]

Problem is they just dont teach this in school, at least when I went to school. So many people are simply unaware, and are unaware that they are unaware.

[@Sunnygirl01]

@@rohansmith2571 I agree. Not much was taught about it when I went to school either.

[@meni8015]

Well said. One race ❤

[@rondavis3021]

RIP George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga i remember as a kid growing up in ailce Springs him would come to our place to use the phone he was a nice peace loving man didn't matter what skin colour you was he accepted you for who you was god bless him sadly missed and loved 😢🙏

[@saliadee2564]

That is so cool. What a great memory. Wish he was still with us.

[@struthsayer]

King George ♥

[@spookytoothable1911]

I lived in Alice Spring, in the late 80's, early 90's. We heard the Warumpi band constantly on the radio. I finally got to hear see at the Todd Tavern after they reformed for a one off. They were great:) btw it was Neil Murray, the whitefella, who wrote the song for George, the singer.

[@monicaking2140]

Love the Warumpi band would have loved to have seen them

[@mitchellmahoney9809]

Yes Neil Murray did write the song, but the whole music is about george, the life he lived in the desert coming from the top end islands,,, the song was about george,,, how he actually lived and missed home, the islands, family, hunting, into a different environment, the desert, Neil Murray wrote a a song about him, and he sang it, with love and passion!!!

[@eaglesquedingo2112]

I lived in Alice in the 80s and 90s also. I remember working on the communities, sitting around together at work listening to Archie Roach and Warrumpi Band . Best times of my life. We sat in harmony listening to this awesome music. Todd Tavern :) We were so lucky to experience the magic of Alice during that time.

[@rosiekickett2617]

Thank u for talking about my people...much appreciated xx

[@adamcooper1898]

Brilliant band and song, Aboriginal Australian culture is the oldest living culture in the World and as a white Aussie l'm envious and proud and chose an Aboriginal name with 3 different meanings for my Daughter. As many have said Black fella white fella is Amazing from them. There's an Extremely interesting informative 6 week series and book called First Australians that was on SBS Australia about 20yrs ago narrated by Jack Thompson if you're into learning.

[@anapatterson3701]

I am Aboriginal ⚫🟡🔴 and I love this song 💛🖤❤️

[@rosiekickett2617]

Thank u from my people in Western Australia for respecting our culture!!?

[@TSC-hr7ir]

Congratulations for your honesty

[@growlusnotneeded3251]

As a white fella(Aboriginal slang for a white person) I've learnt more talking to black fellas at the pub than I ever did at school.

[@Ailieorz]

It's a disgrace how whitewashed our education system still is.

[@growlusnotneeded3251]

@@Ailieorz Regardless how much whitewash, how much have you learn't after school and how much have you learn't that you have treasured. I'm glad I have learnt it later because I had the maturity to appreciate what I had learnt and understand better.

[@mitchellmahoney9809]

As a black fella, I've learnt more talking to white fellas at work, sporting grounds and pub, and I come from the remote communities, but most of friends are white fellas!!!

[@growlusnotneeded3251]

@@mitchellmahoney9809 Maybe some day we'll meet in a pub

[@codzy3532]

yeh man we deep an meaningful but nobody cares 😊🖤❤💛✊

[@trish8406]

Love Warumpi Band. All our mob know all the words of the songs.

[@Jen-s4h]

Warumpi Band and Yothu Yindi are brilliant indigenous artists ❤

[@kane29842]

Sweet. I desperately wanted you to hear the original in all its raw honesty. The covers are good, but they left out some of the lyrics and changed a few others and part of the story was lost. That's not a bad thing, people use and interpret music in different ways. I'll admit I originally thought Christine Anu wrote the song, and the first time I heard this I thought it was a cover. Then I looked in to the band, their history and their other music and realised I was sorely ignorant. I'm with you on only learning about this out of school, and that I also think is a tragedy. I consider it a great shame that the Warumpis aren't as well known and revered as Midnight Oil or AC/DC or any other Australian band. They're an incredibly important part of our music history, and their music has never lost relevance. The Island Home being sung of is Elcho Island, a tiny island of about 2000 population off the North Coast of Australia. It's about as remote as you can get, frequently needing to be evacuated during cyclone season. The song also talks of living 'out here west of Alice Springs', which for those not familiar with Australian geography is essentially smack in the middle of the country, 2000km from the nearest ocean in any direction. The longing for home, the feeling of displacement is palpable. It doesn't matter where you are from or where you live, everyone can relate to that feeling. But these guys, their land is their life and history. Neil Murray is the white guy, was a founding member of the band. He worked as a teacher in the remote community of Papunya (West of Alice Springs), and that's where he met the other guys. I guess you'd call it a mixed race band, but at the end of the day that is a fact that is somehow both incredibly important, but also not important at all. We gotta do blackfella/whitefella next. Should be a world anthem.

[@meni8015]

Thanks for requesting. I was ignorant thinking it was a Christine Anu song. This original is so powerful and you can feel the emotion. Agree, Warumpi should have had more recognition. Love their "Blackfella/Whitefella" too.

[@codzy3532]

im australian aboriginal irish and i never knew you guys had black cowboys all we saw growing up were white cowboys til i saw that clip shoot em up its the posse and bob marley writ buffaloe soldiers when the native americans first saw the negroe soldiers still in their uniforms from being freed they called em buffaloe soldiers cause they had hair like a buffaloe so we discovering things here also through songs about you guys so yeh glad you are interested in our culture too we are like native american ppl here no respect racism aimed at us australia is still racist dont care what anybody says have brown skin or black or be a culture but thanks for highlighting our indigenous bands God bless ☺🖤🧡❤👍💐

[@ComaToast1]

Black Americans were the first cowboys/ freedom fighters !

[@justinchong9749]

Brother you pronounced Warumpi correct the first go! ✊🏾

[@sundarmann6167]

This band is fantastic. Rear gem from down under

[@Rokdakazzbah]

My mob is Quandamooka. Stradbroke Island 🏝️ very proud

[@Jindarella_]

This song has always given me goosebumps. I fell in love with it from the first time I heard it as a kid. I feel pride burst out of my chest when I hear it and I truly appreciate you for giving it life on an international stage.

[@user-yh1yg6wx6o]

You sir, are a joy to watch. I love how you explore. Thank you❤

[@mssuziquzi]

This is the original, stripped back, raw and beautiful. Our indigenous culture is the longest, oldest, continuous culture on the planet. It goes back 65,000 years. Australians today are finally appreciating it’s music, dance and amazing art etc. Yes we are definitely proud. Loved your reaction to this Nick, and how much you are loving learning about Australia. I’m learning stuff myself watching your reactions.💕

[@Leonie-sp6pb]

Listen to BRISBANE BLACKS

[@WARRIOR_TACT]

My mum's uncle was one of band members of Warumpi Band

[@SuzieHQ72]

This song always makes me cry. My grandmother always said she was a Spanish gypsy, we never questioned it until we got older. My father used to talk about the cousins, but he also spoke about being bashed on his way home from school by the aborigines. We now suspect that he was aboriginal, and the reason our grandmother said she was a Spanish Romney gypsy was because many aboriginal Australians said they where Spanish to explain their black skin. As it was safe to be Spanish and not frowned upon. There is not enough known about the indigenous Australians it wasn’t until 1967 when that they where counted as people until that time they came after dogs cats and cattle. Some say they where classified as flora and fauna prior to 1967, disgusting.

[@RhythmicEye]

Me too. I was choking on my toast by the end of the first verse. I’m not Aboriginal and I can only imagine the pain, indignation and suffering but I feel more connected to the indigenous stories of country than traditional “history”. You’re absolutely correct the European settler’s treatment of indigenous Australians is disgusting. I feel much of what is happening now in the world today is connected via a similar thread of corrupt psychopaths.

[@edwina.johnston]

Have you ever read 'My Place' by Sally Morgan as the author's mum used to say that they were Indian so that they weren't removed as their dad was white. If you wanted to, there are services that can find some of your relatives to conform if your dad was Indigenous 😊

[@ringadingding6842]

It is horrifying to think about, but yes, for a long time they were classified as 'flora and fauna' but the truth is that Aborignal people have a rich culture. They have deeply held cultural practices and religious beliefs. In fact, the 'dream time' is the oldest religion in the world. Current historians clock Aboriginal culture as 60 000 years old. Aboriginal people lived as one with nature for thousands of years, then the white people came and annihilated them. They were simply an inconvenience in the way of the British claiming and utilising the land.

[@naomipask1809]

I hear you. One person in every generation for the last 4-5 generations in my Dad’s family looked a little different. Skin was more olive, facial feature a little different etc. It was always explained that it was Spanish blood as great great grandma had a fling with a Spanish sailor. My Aunt did an ancestral DNA test through National Geographic’s “Who do you think you are” program and was most surprised to discover that in addition to her 70% Scandinavian ancestry (where our name is from), the 26% southern European (well where do you think the Scandinavian originated??), 4% of her DNA was Aboriginal. Looking back, it explained why her grandma and great grandma always wore big hats and long gloves out in the sun; they tanned way too easily and honestly! How many Spanish sailors were in Maitland, NSW in 1870?!we’re are so proud of our heritage but wish we had known about it much, much earlier. It is tragic that the earlier generations felt shame enough to hide it.

[@zwastiunburzy3688]

Don't think the Aborigines (which, btw, is their preferred nomenclature), have EVER been classified as flowers(flora), but they were, disgustingly classified as fauna(animals). I can never understand why humans are so cruel, and yet can be so amazing.

[@starlightshimmery]

So glad you included this original, it’s so powerful & beautiful ✨

[@starlightshimmery]

Btw you’re doing a great job of picking up where standard education lacks, your channel is introducing artists and ideas to so many who wouldn’t have heard about otherwise. It’s nice to remember the golden days of Rage (the Aussie all night video program this came from). I find it unwatchable these days, so much modern music has such terrible messaging and bad vibes.

[@siryogiwan]

I was raised not knowing my Aboriginal heritage, the last 20yrs, since learning of it, I have no longer felt lost (a common thing amongst those who were removed from families and/or culture), I have always been connected to the land and conversed with it, learning culture at a young age through personal experiences and have always respected it's importance, even getting qualifications in and working doing restoration of the Australian native bush, which was before learning my heritage, I now talk real history and educate on traditional practices and native plants, doing streams (here and there on twitch) of bushwalks (amongst other things) looking for bush foods and talking about ecology and what not, I feel it's my duty to my ancestors, to keep knowledge alive and correct false records in history books. If you ever want to watch some stuff on Aboriginal history, I have playlist of stuff I found on here, that I am only too happy to give to you, covering all kinds of topics, including dreaming stories and how some have since been backed by science, such as how the great barrier reef was formed and the Megafauna found here at 1 point in time, hit me up if you want link.

[@juliewilliams3431]

I lived in the United States and this album was one I had with me. This song made me so so homesick.

[@leui23pie34]

I really appreciate you listening to this. As an indigenous Australian. It means a lot for you to learn ❤❤

[@muncheesuppar]

this band rips so hard live , so much passion when they play. got to see them with coloured stone and no fixed address about 25 years ago in alice springs , man what a show , saw them with yothu yindi and gurumul a few years later in sydney what a tear jerker.

[@hollygranger3734]

I have never heard this and didn’t know that they were the original makers of this song, so thanks for sharing!

[@ThatSingerReactions]

Yeah this is such an important song glad we got to hear it together

[@hollygranger3734]

@@ThatSingerReactions as you said education is so important not just in kids but to always keep learning. Peace

[@tubes-lut]

@@ThatSingerReactions black fella white fella should be Australia national anthem

[@yoluko4750]

Genuine question: Do American schools teach Native American culture and experiences of colonisation? There are too many cultures in the world for a school to teach all of them, so they do tend to focus on their own. Even then, it tends to be the dominant narrative, rather than that of other cultures in the nation, that get's taught. Another great song by the Warumpi band is "Black Fella, White Fella".

[@JoSedunary]

You're absolutely right Dominic... Education means understanding...which leads to tolerance - if every school taught the cultures of every country there would be less hate in the world I feel. Unfortunately, within most school curriculums we are only just incorporating our own country's accurate history... maybe once we all address that side of things it will lead to us then learning about others ! That's my hope as a current educator anyhow - its been too long coming but we at least are trying to make a more concerted effort now. Thank you for showcasing our culture for others to see and understand.

[@jasminegregory1000]

As a aboriginal person who lives by the sea im thankful that you listen to our heavily under rated music and please listen to coulered Stone its very underrated

[@Usopp4816]

Same every time I leave my island home I think of it all the time

[@andrewdunbar828]

This song has given me chills every time since the first time I heard it maybe 35 years ago.

[@edwardbrett6133]

your a wonderful open honest lovely bloke - greatest attitude - good on ya

[@vk88864]

Thank you Brother for reacting to our Indigenous artists. Christine Anu another Indigenous artist did a cover of My Island Home. 60,000 year old history of the oldest living continuous culture on the planet. If you want to know about this ancient history talk to an Indigenous person please because you’ll get the truth. There is also a lot of research online which we the people did. Creative spirits is a good website. What I was taught in school about my people and culture was all lies. My uncles wrote and played protest songs during the tent embassy and freedom rides in the 70s maybe earlier. My brother stood on the frontline when he was 17yo and was told he had to protect the Elders 🖤💛❤️

[@MaiarBellydance]

I love pretty much every version of this song I’ve heard (and there are quite a few including a rap remix by Mau Power)but the most well known is by Christine Anu. One of the most moving performances of it I’ve seen was watching her perform it during the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. To have that song, sung by an indigenous woman for one of the largest TV audiences you can get, the Olympics? So cool and so meaningful. I watched it live on TV when I was 15. I’d have loved to be in the stadium but even seeing it live on TV was amazing.

[@mattmunn71]

Best version of the song, you should listen to Black Fella, White Fella next. I cant relate to the location, I grew up a long way inland, but I feel the homesickness of living far from where you grew up.

[@robincoker225]

The white guitar playing band member is Neil Murray. He still tours today and has some incredible songs.

[@NeilBlanco]

Yep. He actually wrote this song...

[@BrissoParrothead]

amazing singer songwriter and leader

[@kylieroberts3714]

Neil is great live. Got to see him last year, small crowd coz of covid. Brilliant gig

[@ConureCommodore]

such a fantastic group and album ...a classic

[@mals4125]

One of the greatest Australian songs ever ........fullstop.

[@macman1469]

Thank you so much . This is the best and original. As I said before Neil Murray (white bloke in the band) wrote this ,buts it's the lead singers story.

[@robincoker225]

Jim Moginie from midnight oil composed most of the music for the song while the Oils toured with Warumpi Band (BLACK FELLA WHITE FELLA tour)

[@macman1469]

@@robincoker225 Didn't know that . Thanks for the information.

[@danellaoliver6819]

Im a new subscriber who grew up listening to this band ❤ and I'm black and proud ❤

[@dennisjames1792]

This was written by Neil Murray and was a big hit for Christine Anu ,she sang it at the Sydney Olympics

[@eaglesquedingo2112]

I remember living in the desert at that time and people were not happy with her singing it :(

[@This_RuthIsOnFire]

Yes I love all versions, but I adore Christine Anu’s version

[@This_RuthIsOnFire]

@@eaglesquedingo2112 can you tell me why? I’d love to know

[@chrisschneiders6734]

Hmm, having only heard the oringinal, l thought Anu totally butchered the song.. lacks 90 percent of the feeling..

[@timmcgrath676]

Warumpi band should be in the rock n roll Hall of fame

[@deezmundy645]

You got it my brother from a Ngarigu clan brother from Australia ❤️✊🏾

[@helensharpe2293]

Thankyou for listening to our Aussie music

[@bradyknight7191]

I'm proud brother I love my culture my grandmother spoke in language

[@elliotcoleman27]

I'm a proud aboriginal man from bundjalung country and i just wanna say thank you for reacting to this

[@carolynledwidge6876]

I'm so glad you did these guys! 👏 I saw them as a teenager, living in NE Arnhem Land, traditional land.. Thank you 🙏

[@janmeyer3129]

Warumpi band sings country beautifully. The Pigram Brothers (actually a whole big extended family) do a similarly magnificent job at singing the area around Broome in Western Australia - so tender, so joyful, so evocative of place. My favourite song of theirs is “Jiirr” (a bird call, high in the air, flying out to the sea)

[@eviehanlon1445]

Beautiful. So glad you got to see these guys. Beautiful reaction.

[@jadecawdellsmith4009]

U don't see it here but if u saw some of their live performances you'd see y he is sometimes referred to as the Australian or aboriginal MickJagger. So much power & charisma when he performed. RIP GR

[@pameladietz1548]

I think we all learn more when we leave school than while we are actually IN school. I love the way that you are so willing to learn about us and our history. We have amazing singers, diverse weather from tropical to desert to snow covered mountains. We have beautiful scenery , unique wildlife that you won't find anywhere else in the world. There is a lot to learn about this amazing country. Peace to you

[@kathydurow6814]

Hey, don't forget your own first peoples, native American Indians and Inuits. I'm sure there are resources out there that will expand your knowledge of history from their perspective, also their attitudes towards land, nature & spiritual matters.

[@berranari1]

The Ken Burns documentary 'The West' shows you many North American peoples and what was done to their lives. There are many great tribal chiefs to learn about, "Chief Joseph", "Sitting Bull" and "Red Cloud". Here is a short video (3:45) on Red Cloud of the Lakota Sioux. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6mVnGNji91ph5Y - This is a longer video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIK2h5acpbhmY5I

[@DwayneWard-d8u]

I am proud to be a aboriginal man to because that's who l am

[@lookingupwithwonder]

I'm proud of you too. I'm a Perth girl and I am just in awe of our First Australians- the oldest living race on the planet. The population of our entire planet needs to learn from First Australians if we are to survive.

[@mjay6508]

The white fella in the band is Neil Murray..... he was a school teacher at Yuendumu near Alice Springs in the 80s.... he was instrumental in forming the WARUMPI BAND...

[@BBrecht]

So great to see you exploring Indigenous Australian music. The Aboriginal peoples have the oldest continuous civilisations in history, reaching back at least 45,000 years. We still have a long way to go, but will keep fighting for truth, treaty and reconciliation!

[@selinahunter9107]

That singer is my real grandfather My mother's father ❤️

[@jadecawdellsmith4009]

For many aboriginal people this Isn't a joyous song about being proud of our culture, it's a hauntingly sad song about displacement & being separated from our culture.

[@Usopp4816]

True to that 😢

[@ubiquity069]

George not being able to sing his song at the Olympics was just not fair. His life spiralled from there. A truly amazing Australian.

[@kaynec3079]

King stingray is another awesome first nation band from The Northern Territory.

[@margoire]

Hey there - fabulous work you do - I am posting this to Fb because too many of my countryfolk have NO idea of First Nations history & are frankly & sadly demonstrably, bigots. As for the whitefella in the clip, he is absolute LEGEND - Neil Murray - Neil co-wrote most of the music with Yolngu lead singer George Burarrwanga. Sadly George passed many moons ago now. Neil still being troubadour - is taking music & these important messages around Australia - so needed in these times.

[@rerehuia709]

Like most Indigenous affected by colonialism, history is heartbreaking. But We Rise, We Rise. Each needs their own time. I am Maori.

[@laurawallis7093]

I am Aussie and sad to say I never knew of this version. Christine Anu is the version I always knew. Thank you for this.

[@alharvs]

Amazingly, this man along with Gurrumul and a band called Yothu Yindi are all from the a little island called Elcho Island. So much talent from one small island.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

Wow, really?! I did not know that!! Magical musical tribe!

[@Ozgipsy]

This song speaks to me so much. It’s not just an aboriginal song, no way at all. I travelled the world for 15 years and I heard this while sitting in a desert in Saudi Arabia and came home within 3 months.

[@LeeLeeHere]

Although I requested Jess cover this is the song I grew up with and boy a live show from them was amazing. So glad you got to the original - the sounds of my childhood along with no fixed address and coloured stone.

[@ComaToast1]

I love the part where you feel pride when the brother says “I come from the saltwater people” that’s our ancient ancestors holding hands looking down on us right there

[@lisadelahaye6568]

Simple, yet tears at the heart, which is why we love this song.

[@jcee6886]

Good lord I love this channel. And I love my island home, Australia. Aboriginal culture is so ancient. 🖤

[@ullumreid8193]

Much love bro💯 from a indigenouse Australian from the east coast♥️

[@user_angelmum]

We are finally learning and our kids are being taught to respect our 1st people.. every school says the welcome to country ..we have 3 flags our schools fly .. Each area is being told which people's lands we are on . Our national anthem is accompanied by the Didgeridoo. We are trying to make up for the mistakes of past generations ... we have a long way to go .. but we have tried to start

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

That fella is aboriginal too. One drop of aboriginal blood makes you aboriginal

[@BrendenSimon-w7n]

Neil Murray is in the background he plays guitar and songwriter.

[@joanneseaton-ki5yq]

Thanks very much Brother 🖤💛❤️ mostly respect for what you said about us .. And YES WE ARE PROUD EVEN THOU THE PAST HURTS BUT WE ARE STILL PROUD OF WHO WE ARE .... Even thou most countries never heard of us but these types of songs tells a bit of our past mainly

[@Flexyhead]

you should be proud brother,, I am white,, there is not much to be proud of in my peoples history. However, just like you, me and everybody else ,,we should make ourselfs proud of how we treat each other TODAY. The pain and anger of the past is valid, and the discusting actions of the Government should be acknowledged . They wont be. The change is in us. We are all brothers on this earth,,,if we could all see that instead of colour and religon we could change the future and take away the pain.

[@oneeyebandit2639]

Thanks mate for doing warrumpi band they are my favourite band First seen them at the first burunga festival thanks Shane respect from Brisbane Queensland Australia

[@charliew4823]

Yes he's part of the group and does a lot of the song writing.

[@357HFC]

Most Australians aren't familiar with Indigenous Music, Culture or History. That is a real shame!

[@JCEE101]

Hi Nick. 🙂 If you would like to know about Indigenous Australian culture a good place to start is to watch the " First Australians Documentary" it's a 6 part docu/series. Highly Recommend. and I think you can watch it here on YT.

[@Ailieorz]

And Rabbit Proof Fence

[@tenitavanhoren]

Thanks for listening ❤❤❤

[@leannekudahl2432]

You should listen to, "Blackfella Whitefella"; an original by the Warumpi Band. The message is strong !

[@seanbarry7378]

I saw the Warumpi Band live only once. Supporting Cold Chisel in 1982. Great night all round.

[@carolinejanssen9034]

It’s amazing they showed unity even in those days I’m proud of out First Nations people. As we are a multicultural country now.

[@rockergirl2489]

Played this band’s stuff so much I nearly wore out the cassette ❤

[@petermcculloch4933]

We are about to vote on an amendment to the constitution in a national referendum, to say yes or no to indigenous people having a permanent representative in parliament.Naturally the conservative right are opposed to passing such legislation.

[@leanneclarke166]

What is sad is Indigenous Australian history is not taught in Australian schools. Apparently Australian history began in 1770 and not 60000 yrs ago.

[@annecarland2083]

Not quite true as a component of my year 12 history I did a unit on Aborigine history

[@carokat1111]

It’s taught, but not necessarily taught well.

[@prophetanarchy2355]

Alice I live, Alice I will die. We are the heart of the nation and this song, this version is close to our hearts.

[@jcampbellshale]

Interesting you mentioned learning history through these songs. So true. If you want to learn the real history of a country, don't go to history books, look at the art, listen to the songs, read the stories...that is where truth lies.

[@lesliedavis2185]

I have seen Warumpi band live, absolutely fantastic. So glad I got the opportunity

[@tylerhackner9731]

Yesss love this one

[@bayleylawrence5458]

Too deadly bruzzy you love our black fella way! ❤️💛🖤 Them fellas grew up in tenets creek and the white fella is part of the band he actually helped the group form together when they were younger

[@anjalir75]

George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga. A great performer, awesome on stage energy. Saw him twice in Sydney performing.

[@deanthorne5671]

Truth n knowledge are like gold , you have to dig deep for it.

[@honeychicken1216]

Thank u my brother for doing this Warumpi band are iconic, tbis song very emotional. Check "from little things big things grow" REP THE NT SALTWATER/DESERT MOB

[@selinahunter9107]

He made this song for his children and wife and grandchildren my grandfather is from East Arnhem land Elcho island he was born in Elcho but he found wife's from Dessert central Australia 💖