Early life and education thumb|Cave was a choirboy at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in his hometown of Wangaratta. Nicholas Edward Cave was born on 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, a country town in the Australian state of Victoria, to Dawn Cave (née Treadwell) and Colin Frank Cave. He has two older brothers, Tim (born 1952) and Peter (born 1954), and a younger sister, Julie (born 1959). As a child, he lived in Warracknabeal and then Wangaratta in rural Victoria.
Early life and education thumb|Cave was a choirboy at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in his hometown of Wangaratta Nicholas Edward Cave was born on 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal a country town in the Australian state of Victoria to Dawn Cave (née Treadwell) and Colin Frank Cave He has two older brothers Tim (born 1952) and Peter (born 1954) and a younger sister Julie (born 1959) As a child he lived in Warracknabeal and then Wangaratta in rural Victoria