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The Mills Sisters , formerly known as the Singing Grandmas , were a group of three sisters from Torres Strait Islands , Rita Mills and twins Cessa and Ina.
Early life
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Ina and Cessa, who were twins, were born in 1927,[1] Naghir Island in the Torres Strait .[2] Torres Strait Islander heritage, including a great-grandmother of the Kaurareg people (the traditional owners of Possession Island , aka Bedanug ), and a grandfather from Samoa . Ina married an Indonesian man from Timor .[1]
Their married names were Cessa Nakata, Ina Titasey, and Rita Fell-Tyrell.[3]
Career
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All three sang and Rita played guitar , Cessa the ukulele and Ina the tambourine .[4]
Formerly known as the Singing Grandmas,[1] [5] Thursday Island ,[6] Torres Strait .[5] Brisbane Expo in 1988, the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland ,[6] [1] Pacific [7]
Their version of "TI Blues" (a song written by Seaman Dan ) has been called "a signature tune for the Torres Strait".[8] Frangipani Land .[1]
Cessa and Ina retired in 1995[6] [3] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Musical styles and languages
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The Mills Sisters had a repertoire of over 200 songs, which ranged from Torres Strait Island love songs to contemporary music, and included country , blues , reggae . They sang in many languages besides English: a variety of Samoan , Hawaiian , Papua New Guinean , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island languages .[6]
Awards
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The Australia Council for the Arts has since 1993 awarded a Red Ochre Award to an outstanding Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander ) artist for lifetime achievement. It was awarded to the Mills Sisters in 1995.[13]
In film
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The half-hour documentary film Frangipani Land Forever was made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's Indigenous department in 2008 in their "Message Stick" series, directed by Douglas Watkin.[14] [3]
Discography
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Frangipani land (1993) - New Market Music[15]
Those beautiful TI girls (2002) - Zuna Entertainment[16]
References
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^ a b c "Message Stick - Frangipani Land Forever" . ABC Commercial . Retrieved 30 April 2022 .
^ The Australian, 13 December 2004, "Trailblazer sang Torres on to map" by Steve Connolly
^ a b Sunday Herald Sun, 14 March 1999, "Rita's family affair" by Paul Stewart
^ a b c d "Rita Mills" . AustLit . Retrieved 30 April 2022 .
^ Sunday Herald Sun, 11 March 2001, "Rita calls it a day, at last." by Paul Stewart
^ Pryor, Cathy (8 September 2001). "Northern Delights". The Australian
^ Australian Associated Press General News, 28 March 2003, "Better late than never for Uncle Seaman" by Jordan Baker
^ "Sunnies select Cairns". Cairns Post
^ Connolly, Steve (13 December 2004). "Trailblazer sang Torres on to map". The Australian
^ "Tributes for Mills Sister" . The Age . Retrieved 26 April 2022 .
^ "Red Ochre Award" . Australia Council for the Arts the original on 1 February 2014.
^ "Frangipani Land Forever (2008) - The Screen Guide" . Screen Australia . 16 March 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2022 .
^ Frangipani land listing
^ Those beautiful TI girls listing
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