Editing Xavier Rudd (section)

==Early life==
Xavier Rudd grew up in [[Jan Juc]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aspentimes.com/news/for-xavier-rudd-music-is-all-about-making-connections-2/|access-date=14 February 2020|title=For Xavier Rudd, music is all about making connections|first=Stewart|last=Oksenhorn|date=15 January 2008|newspaper=The Aspen Times}}</ref> near [[Torquay, Victoria]].<ref name=Cafebabel/> He attended [[St Joseph's College, Geelong]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/lifestyle/xavier-rudd-the-united-nations-unite-a-musical-movement-with-debut-album-nanna/story-fnjuhqx6-1227264823380|title=Xavier Rudd & The United Nations unite a musical movement with debut album Nanna|date=16 March 2015|publisher=News Corp|newspaper=Geelong Advertiser}}</ref> His maternal grandfather was Dutch, born in [[Tilburg]], a town in the Netherlands, before migrating to Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/xavier-set-to-give-moncrieff-good-vibe/2696752/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828092652/http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/xavier-set-to-give-moncrieff-good-vibe/2696752/|archive-date=28 August 2015|title=Xavier set to give Moncrieff good vibes|newspaper=Bundaberg News Mail|date=8 July 2015|publisher=APN Australian Regional Media}}</ref> One of his grandmothers was from an Irish potato-growing family and grew up in [[Colac, Victoria]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/xavier-rudd-nanna-tribute-grandmothers/2588945/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802001242/http://www.qt.com.au/news/xavier-rudd-nanna-tribute-grandmothers/2588945/|archive-date=2 August 2015|title=Xavier Rudd's new album Nanna a tribute to grandmothers|date=28 March 2015}}</ref> Rudd claims to be of Aboriginal, Irish and Scottish heritage,<ref name=Cafebabel>{{cite news|url=http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/culture/article/xavier-rudd-keeping-the-aboriginal-spirit-alive.html|title=Xavier Rudd: keeping the aboriginal spirit alive|date=29 July 2015|first=Matthieu|last=Amaré|work=[[cafébabel]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811101853/http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/culture/article/xavier-rudd-keeping-the-aboriginal-spirit-alive.html|archive-date=11 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube| ickFySlx6Yk | "Xavier Rudd interview (part 1)" }}</ref> furthermore mentioning being of [[Wurundjeri]] ancestry,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/14586/Xavier-Rudd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830023042/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/14586/Xavier-Rudd|archive-date=30 August 2015|title=Xavier Rudd|date=25 August 2008|publisher=Faster Louder}}</ref> and that one of his great grandmothers was an Aboriginal Australian, and her child (Rudd's paternal grandmother) was taken away from her.<ref name=Seroukas>{{cite news|url=http://blitz.arc.unsw.edu.au/2015/interview-xavier-rudd/|title=The Interview: Xavier Rudd|first=John|last=Seroukas|date= August 2015|publisher=University of New South Wales|archive-date=30 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830024111/http://blitz.arc.unsw.edu.au/2015/interview-xavier-rudd/}}</ref>

Rudd showed a keen interest in music growing up in a family of seven children.<ref name=Lobley>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/22/1082530289806.html?from=storyrhs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103094802/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/22/1082530289806.html?from=storyrhs|archive-date=3 November 2007|title=Ridgy Didge|first=Katrina|last=Lobley|date=23 April 2004|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Xavier+Rudd/+wiki |title=Xavier Rudd's Biography – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at |website=Last.fm |date=26 November 2013 |access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref> While in primary school, Rudd used his mother's vacuum cleaner as a makeshift didgeridoo and began playing his brother's guitar.<ref name=Murfett>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/feelings-of-blue/2008/08/21/1219262356871.html|first=Andrew|last=Murfett|date=22 August 2008|publisher=Fairfax Media|title=Feelings of blue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926201154/http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/feelings-of-blue/2008/08/21/1219262356871.html|archive-date=26 September 2008}}</ref> He also played saxophone and clarinet as a child.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.byronentertainmentcentre.com.au/pdf/Xavier%20Rudd%20White%20Moth%20Tour%20Announcement-3.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829004109/http://www.byronentertainmentcentre.com.au/pdf/Xavier%20Rudd%20White%20Moth%20Tour%20Announcement-3.pdf|archive-date=29 August 2007|title=Xavier Rudd brings the White Moth tour home|date=16 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/459757/xavier-rudd-enjoying-brotherly-love-in-us/|title=Xavier Rudd enjoying brotherly love in US|newspaper=Newcastle Herald|date=3 September 2010|first=Amy|last=Edwards|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830004659/http://www.theherald.com.au/story/459757/xavier-rudd-enjoying-brotherly-love-in-us/|archive-date=30 August 2015}}</ref>

As a child, Rudd sold recycled wood through his own furniture business.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/united-as-one-sound-xaviers-on-foot-to-happiness/2685446/|newspaper=The Gladstone Observer|date=25 June 2015|title=United as one sound Xavier Rudd's on foot to happiness|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923153105/http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/united-as-one-sound-xaviers-on-foot-to-happiness/2685446/|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> Immediately after finishing school, Rudd travelled to [[Fiji]]. He lived in villages around the country for nine&nbsp;months, returning to Australia at age 19.<ref name=Lobley/>