Roseina Boston

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Roseina Boston (3 March 1935 – September 2018), also known as Auntie Rose, was a Gumbaynggirr Aboriginal elder and gumleaf musician from Stuart Island, New South Wales, Australia. Her Indigenous name Wanangaa means "stop." She learned to play eucalyptus gum leaves after listening to her uncles and grew up in an area that is now a golf course.

She competed in the Australian Gumleaf Playing Championships from 1977 to 1997, finishing fourth—one of the highest results, and the best by a woman. In 2000 her album Aunty Rose and the gumleaf was released, making her the only female gumleaf player to have a recording on CD. Boston also painted. Her music was frequently played on Australian radio, and recordings of her work are held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, the National Library of Australia, Monash University’s Department of Music, and the National Film and Sound Archive.

She died in September 2018 at age 83 and was survived by her husband, Harry Boston.