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Rose Bygrave started her musical career with the Goanna Band in the 1980s as singer, songwriter and keyboard player with Shane and Marcia Howard.

As a band they toured remote parts of Australia and forged personal and professional bonds with the indigenous communities in the outback, who had largely been ignored by the mainstream circuit. Their songs were instrumental in raising awareness of land rights issues in the wider community.

Since the early 90s she has written and produced three solo albums. Over the years she has performed with local and international artists including James Taylor, Eric Clapton, Allison Moyet, Seamus Begley, Carlos Santana, Richard Clapton, Rory McCloud, Yothu Yindi, Luka Bloom and Liam O'Maonlai.

What really shines through in Bygrave’s songs is her social conscience which leads to songs such as ‘Mission Yard’, about the very sad scenes she witnessed at Hermannsberg Mission in Central Australia during a recent visit and ‘Tread Lightly’, a plea for the environment and our responsibility to it.