Auriel Marie Andrew OAM (1947 – 2 January 2017) was an Australian country music singer from the Northern Territory.

Auriel Marie Andrew[1] was born in 1947 in Darwin, the youngest of seven children, and grew up in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).

[5] After her parents' marriage broke down, when Andrew was four years old and her sister Lorraine was five, they were moved to Mount Isa, Queensland, to live with his father's cousin and her husband.

[6] Andrew made her stage debut at the Italian Club in Coober Pedy, before moving to Adelaide, South Australia aged 21 to pursue her music career.

[10] Andrew's well-known recordings include the country classic "Truck Drivin' Woman" and Bob Randall's "Brown Skin Baby".

[3] After not performing for many years, in 2016 she joined the cast of the stage adaptation of Clinton Walker's Buried Country, which had its premiere in her hometown of Newcastle on 20 August.

Andrew taught Aboriginal culture in classrooms for 20 years, passing on her knowledge in schools in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and New South Wales.

[4][19] In 2011, she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM), for service to country music as a singer, and to the Indigenous community.

[3] She died of cancer in Hunter Valley Private Hospital, Shortland, New South Wales, on 2 January 2017, after being admitted in December.

In the recordings (copies of which are available), they talk about their lives, Auriel's career, cultural awareness education, Reuben's musicianship, and many other topics.