“When I was about four or five I remember banging out the keyboard in front of a dusty red house,” she said.

“I was at my island home in front of my grandmother’s house, and my uncles were rehearsing and all us little kids were being annoying so they just gave us this little keyboard.

“Most of my family plays music, but it’s very uncommon for a female to do that.”

Wurramara’s island home is Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a place where almost a quarter of the world's manganese is mined, and home to the Warnindhilyagwa, speakers of the Anindilyakwa language.

“My language has a lot of rolls of the tongue, a lot of ng’s, a lot of double r’s and it’s very fluid,” she said.

“When we speak it at home there’s a particular pattern that’s just like a song or a harmony in itself, and when we say certain words our voice rises and it falls into emotional patterns.”

The 20-year-old released her debut EP Black Smoke last year, covering her love of her home and the feeling of “culture shock” after moving to Brisbane at the age of six.

“Smoke is cleansing for us, it’s a way of starting fresh, getting rid of negative energy, letting go, and it’s also a way of healing and connecting with the spirits and our ancestors,” she said.

“The EP represents the different parts of my childhood, so there’s a lot of natural references because it’s always a part of me.”

Self-taught in most of her instruments, it was the violin and classical music that inspired her musical journey.

“When I moved to Brisbane I felt comfortable in my songwriting and poetry,” she said.

“I always talked about home, going back, swimming in the water and dreamed of swimming with mermaids and dolphins.”

Wurramara said the natural beauty of her home is under threat due to the mining industry.

“I really want to see GEMCO get out of there because they don’t help my people at all,” she said.

“My people don’t understand what opportunities they have to educate themselves and speak up about it.

“We definitely need a treaty and to stand up on our own, and to not allow other people to bring in concepts to our community that don’t benefit in any way.”

She’s quickly become accustomed to traveling the world, and will be heading to Los Angeles in February.

“I’ve been over to America before, but I liked it better when Barack Obama was president because Donald Trump just sucks.”