Thelma Plum Thelma Plum i(25736362 works by) (birth name: Thelma Amelina Plumbe)
Born: Established: 1994 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Kamilaroi
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BiographyHistory

Thelma Plum is an Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician from Delungra, New South Wales. Her father is renowned lore-man Paul Winanga-li Gii Spearim. She (or, more properly, her music) has been the subject of poetry and short fiction by Tony Birch, and she narrated the Fierce Girls podcast on Mary Ann Bugg, Worimi bushranger and accomplice of Captain Thunderbolt.

Her debut album, Better in Blak, was released on 30 July 2019 and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Plum has received various accolades, including for Best Cover Art at the 2019 ARIA Music Awards for Dennis Pfitzner's artwork.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Plum


Australian Writing and Rock Music affiliation: songwriter, vocals, guitar.

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