Olive and Eva

Olive and Eva was a musical duo who put out the first commercial release in Australia by an all Indigenous act. Olive McGuiness and Eva Mumbler, née Bell, were cousins who in 1955 or 56 recorded four songs, all written by Grace O’Clerkin, which were released by Prestophone Records.^[1][2][3] In 2019 the recordings were added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s Sounds of Australia collection.^[4]

Olive and Eva
Years active	1950s
Members	Olive McGuiness Eva Bell

Discography

• "Old Rugged Hills" / "Rhythm of Corroboree" (1955, Prestophone)
• "When My Homeland Is Calling" / "Maranoa Moon" (1956, Prestophone)