Maroochy Barambah is an Australian Aboriginal mezzo-soprano singer.
She was born Yvette Isaacs in the 1950s in Cherbourg, Queensland. She is of the Turrbal-Gubbi Gubbi people and is a member of the Stolen Generations. She considers herself a beneficiary of her removal. As a tribute to her Aboriginality she took the names Maroochy (meaning "black swan") and Barambah (meaning "source of the western wind").
Maroochy Barambah rose to fame for her part in the 1989 Sydney Metropolitan Opera production of Black River, an opera about black deaths in custody, and later starring in the 1993 film adaption. She also has appeared in the indigenous musical Bran Nue Dae and in the opera Beach Dreaming (written for and about her by Mark Isaacs).
She has released two singles, one of which, Aborigine, reached the top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Dance chart.
She performed at the 1993 AFL Grand Final, singing Waltzing Matilda and Advance Australia Fair.
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