Auriel Andrew (born 1947 Darwin, Northern Territory)[1] is an Indigenous Australian country musician of the Arrernte people of Central Australia.[2]
Andrew grew up in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, leaving for Adelaide, South Australia aged 21 to pursue her music career.[2]
She appeared in the SBS documentary "Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music" (2000) about Aboriginal country music.[2] (associated with the book by Clinton Walker), singing "Truck Driving Woman", and in the 1970s was a regular guest on the Johnny Mac Show, Channel Nine's Reg Lindsay's "Country and Western Hour" and the Ernie Sigley Show.[2]
She appeared in 2007 in the show Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word written and performed by English artist Christopher Green in the guise of Tina C. at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
She has taught Aboriginal culture in classrooms for 20 years, passing on her knowledge in schools in Queensland, the Northern Territory and NSW.[3]