| Letterstick Band | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Maningrida, Australia |
| Genres | Reggae, Rock |
| Labels | CAAMA |
| Members | |
| Colin Maxwell David Maxwell Terence Wilson Tim Wilson Roly Milak Mark Mirikul Allen Murphy |
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Letterstick Band are a band from Northeast Arnhem Land in Australia. The members are from the An-Barra Clan on the coast near Maningrida. They are named after the wooden tools on which messages are carved to communicate between places. They play a mixture of reggae and rock that has been called saltwater rock[1] and they sing in English and in Arnhem Land languages.[2]
Letterstick Band won a Deadly for Band of the Year in 2001. They are the subjects of the documentary Diyama - Soundtracks of Maningrida.[3]