We are excited to release the latest video from our First Nations Elders Oral History Project in time for NAIDOC Week. Following her first performance in Brisbane at the age of 17, Wilma Reading would be propelled to stardom from the 1960s to the 1980s, with the Cairns-born singer touring the world, performing with Duke Ellington, and becoming the first-ever Australian guest on the Johnny Carson Show.
Wilma was inducted into the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame in 2019 and continues to be very involved in the local music community, providing inspiration to First Nations musicians to follow their dreams. Watch the full 1 hour 15 minute interview with Wilma via our One Search catalogue -
https://hdl.handle.net/10462/VideoBD/1277810
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