A realization of a group defined by semidirect product

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Consider the group $G=C_3\rtimes C_9$, where $\rtimes$ denotes the semidirect product and $C_n$ denotes the cyclic group with $n$ elements.

Can this group elements be describe using matrices with respect to regular matrix multiplication? In not, is there an easy way to understand its elements? Thanks.

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There is only isomorphism class of nontrivial semidirect products $C_9 \rtimes C_3$ (where nontrivial means not isomorphic to the direct product), and such a group is defined by the presentation $\langle x,y | x^9=y^3=1, y^{-1}xy=x^4 \rangle$.

This group can be represented by $3 \times 3$ complex matrices, with $$x \to \left(\begin{array}{ccc}0&0&1\\w&0&0\\0&1&0\end{array}\right), \ \ \ \ y \to \left(\begin{array}{ccc}w&0&0\\0&w^2&0\\0&0&1\end{array}\right),$$ where $w$ is a primitive cube root of $1$.