Jessica Mauboy shared about her mother, Theresa Mauboy, facing a trauma that she faced belonging to an aboriginal family. 

Therese Mauboy, the mother of popular Australian singer Jessica Mauboy, is a native Australian. 

Who is Jessica Mauboy Mother- Therese Mauboy?

Therese Mauboy is Jessica Mauboy’s mother, a popular Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Jessica is also currently performing the role of a judge in The Voice Australia. 

Theresa Mauboy is an aboriginal Australian who belongs to the KuKu Yalanji tribe from the rainforest of Far North Queensland. Her mother’s name is Hilda who died where Theresa was 10 years old. 

Therese Mauboy is married to Ferdy Mauboy. Her husband is an electrician by profession who belongs from Indonesian West Timor Island.

Her mother-in-law is Harriett who is also Jessica’s grandmother with whom she used to visit a local church to sing at choir during her childhood.

Theresa Mauboy has four daughters besides Jessica Mauboy. They are Sandra, Jenny, Catherine & Sophia. Theresa Mauboy may not be a professional singer like Jessica Mauboy, but Jessica inherited the passion for music from her family.

Theresa Mauboy often used to sing, whereas her husband Ferdy used to play the guitar at home. 

Jessica shared that her house was always noisy with the sound of music. Thus, Jessica grew up in a family that had a passion for music and used to display their love which made Jessica inherit the same passion as her family and turn it into a career.

She launched a song named ‘Little Things’ dedicated to her mother and her grandmother, Hilda. 

Little Things’ is such a personal song to me as it’s about my family – my mother and my grandmother Hilda. It is my most emotional song that I’ve ever shared, and I’m so thankful and proud of this video. The video is out midnight tonight AEST. God bless, JM.

— Jessica Mauboy (@jessicamauboy) July 30, 2019

Jessica Mauboy Parents 

Jessica Mauboy is the fourth daughter of Theresa Mauboy and Ferdy Mauboy.

Her mother is a native Australian who comes from the rainforest of Far North Queensland, Australia.

Her father is an Indonesian who comes from West Timor Island who works as an electrician. Besides their name and ethnicity, there is no additional information on Jessica Mauboy’s parents. 

What better way to spend your birthday with family!:) truly a blessed Birthday!:)

— Jessica Mauboy (@jessicamauboy) August 5, 2013

Jessica Mauboy Nationality and Family Ethnicity Explored 

Jessica Mauboy, full name Jessica Hilda Mauboy was born in Darwin, Northern Territory and belonged to Australian nationality.

However, her mother belongs to the ethnic group of KuKu Yalanji people from the rainforest of Far Northern Queensland.

Thus, this makes her a descendant of the KuKu Yalnji ethnic tribe. Her father is an Indonesian. Therefore, this gives Jessica Mauboy an ethnic identity of Indonesian- KuKu Yalanji Indigenous Australian.

#indigenousliteracyday is September 1 & @IndigenousLF are running a Covid-safe virtual event to celebrate the life, culture and language of First Nations peoples! Stories from the world’s oldest culture of storytellers will be available to watch online

— Jessica Mauboy (@jessicamauboy) August 11, 2021