About Roseina Boston
Lived 1935 – 2018 (aged 82–83). Roseina Boston was an Australian musician.
Roseina "Auntie Rose" Boston (3 March 1935 – September 2018) was an Gumbaynggirr Aboriginal elder known for her gumleaf music. Her Indigenous name was Wanangaa, meaning "stop".
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. but Boston did place fourth. She also painted.
Roseina Boston died in 2018, and was survived by her husband Harry Boston.
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Who was Roseina Boston?
Female Indigenous Australian
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Roseina Boston was born on 3 March 1935 in Australia, New South Wales.
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Roseina Boston died in 2018.
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Roseina Boston was a musician.
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Roseina Boston was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Roseina Boston. https://biography.guide/roseina-boston/
MLA: "Roseina Boston." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/roseina-boston/.
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