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music of Australia
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Music of Australia
The
music of Australia
has an extensive history stretching back to the
Indigenous
and colonial societies.
Indigenous Australian music
is a part of the unique heritage of a 40,000–60,000 year history which produced the iconic
didgeridoo
. Contemporary fusions of Indigenous and Western styles (exemplified in the works of
No Fixed Address
,
Yothu Yindi
,
Christine Anu
and
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
) mark distinctly Australian contributions to
world music
. During its early
western
history, Australia was a collection of British colonies, and
Australian folk music
and
bush ballads
such as
Waltzing Matilda
were heavily influenced by
Anglo-Celtic
traditions, while
classical
forms were derived from those of Europe. Contemporary Australian music ranges across a broad spectrum with
trends
often concurrent with
those of the US
, the
UK
, and similar nations – notably in the
Australian rock
and
Australian country music
genres. Tastes have diversified along with post-
World War II
multicultural
immigration to Australia
.
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