Trevor Adamson is a country/gospel singer best known for his song ''Nyanpi Matilda'', a

Pitjantjatjara The Pitjantjatjara (; or ) are an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert near Uluru. They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible (all are vari ...

version of

Waltzing Matilda "Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a bush ballad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) ...

. He is from

Pukatja, South Australia Pukatja (formerly Ernabella) is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands" (the others being Amata, Pipalyatjara, Fregon/ Kaltjiti ...

and sings in both Pitjantjatjara and English. He was the subject of an episode of an ABC TV series, ''Six Australians''. Trevor Adamson also featured in episode #1008 of the

NITV National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the half-hourly nightly ''NITV News'' ...

show "Pmarra Country", an Aboriginal tribute to the legendary

Slim Dusty Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 13 June 1927 – 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country's most awarded stars, ...

, in which Mr. Adamson performed his Pitjantjatjara language version of

's 1972 song "When the Rain Tumbles Down in July".

Discography

*''Godaku Walytja-Piti'' (Gods Family) (1982) with the Enabella children *''Trust in the Lord'' (1985) -

Imparja Imparja Television (IMP) is an independent Australian television station servicing over , across six states and territories: Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. It is based in Alice Sprin ...

*''Where I Belong'' (1989) -

CAAMA The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is an organisation founded in 1980 to expose Aboriginal music and culture to the rest of Australia. It started with 8KIN-FM, the first Aboriginal radio station in the country. Based in A ...

*''Waltzing Matilda'' (1994) - CAAMA *''My Sunburnt Country'' (2009) - Pindaroo

References

Indigenous Australian musicians Australian male singers Australian male songwriters Australian guitarists Living people Musicians from South Australia Year of birth missing (living people) Australian male guitarists {{Australia-guitarist-stub