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Australian Aboriginal Didgeridoo player, William Barton was born in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. Barton is a widely recognised as one of Australia's finest and leading traditional didgeridoo players in the classical world. Barton had learnt to play the didgeridoo at an early age, from his uncle an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil and Kalkadunga tribes of Western Queensland. When Barton was 12 he was working in Sydney playing for Aboriginal dance troupes. By the age of 15, he toured America and became a soloist.

In 1998 Barton made his debut with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and became Australia's first didgeridoo artist-in-residence with a symphony orchestra. He has since performed at various musical festivals and has recorded a number of orchestral works.