Mixed Relations are an Australian band formed by Bart Willoughby

Bart Willoughby

Bart Willoughby is an Indigenous Australian musician, noted for his pioneering fusion of reggae with Indigenous Australian musical influences, and for his contribution to growth of Indigenous music in Australia....

. They play a mixture of reggae, pop, rock and jazz.

Mixed Relations have toured extensively throughout the Aboriginal communities, Australian cities, Pacific Islands, New Zealand, USA, Europe and Hong Kong. Mixed Relations was chosen as the closing act for the 1989 inaugural Invasion (aka Survival) Day Concerts at La Perouse, Sydney

La Perouse, New South Wales

Lapérouse is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb of Lapérouse is located about 14 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Randwick....

 and then every Invasion Day concert until its final date at La Perouse in 1994. Their single Aboriginal Woman was #89 on Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

's Hottest 100 in 1993.

Bart Willoughby was a member of No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address is an Australian Aboriginal reggae group formed in 1978. Led by Bart Willoughby, the band supported Peter Tosh on his 1982 Australian tour...

, Coloured Stone

Coloured Stone

Coloured Stone is a band from the Koonibba Mission, west of Ceduna, South Australia. Their sound has been described as having a unique feel and Aboriginal qualities...

 and Yothu Yindi

Yothu Yindi

Yothu Yindi are an Australian band with Aboriginal and balanda members formed in 1986. Aboriginal members come from Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in Northern Territory's Arnhem Land...

. Murray Cook joined Mental As Anything

Mental As Anything

Mental As Anything are an Australian New Wave–rock music band formed at an art school in Sydney in 1976. Their most popular line-up was Martin Plaza on vocals and guitar; Reg Mombassa on lead guitar and vocals; his brother Peter "Yoga Dog" O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals; Wayne "Bird"...

. Selwn Burns played with No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address is an Australian Aboriginal reggae group formed in 1978. Led by Bart Willoughby, the band supported Peter Tosh on his 1982 Australian tour...

, Coloured Stone

Coloured Stone

Coloured Stone is a band from the Koonibba Mission, west of Ceduna, South Australia. Their sound has been described as having a unique feel and Aboriginal qualities...

 and Blackfire

Blackfire (Australian band)

Blackfire was a Melbourne based Koori band. They were formed in late 1992 and disbanded in 1999. Members included Kutcha Edwards, Grant Hansen, Selwyn Burns , Kelli McGuiness and Bradley Brown...

. Vanessa Lucas was a short term member of Tall Tales and True

Tall Tales and True

Tall Tales and True were a three piece band from Sydney formed in the early 1980s by Perth born musician, Matthew de la Hunty.-Biography:Matthew de la Hunty travelled to Sydney in 1983 and formed a group with Paul Miskin and Willie Mc Cracken . This unnamed outfit played only one gig at French's...

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Discography

• Take It Or Leave It ep (1992)
• Aboriginal Woman single (1983)
• Love (1983)