the aboriginal memorial
the aboriginal memorial
1990-91 Hawke Cabinet embargoed release
The media briefing on the Cabinet records featured two speakers, former Prime Minister Mr Robert (Bob) Hawke AC and Professor Nicholas Brown. They provided context and insights into the issues, events and personalities of 1990 and 1991.
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- information about the didgeridoo / didjeridu /yidaki / yirdaki direct from Yolngu Aboriginal People in northeast Arnhem Land.
Banduk Marika — Djanda and the Sacred Waterhole.
Flinders University Art Museum Director Fiona Salmon talks to Yolŋu artist Banduk Marika about her work, Djanda and sacred waterhole.
Yolŋu artist Marmburra Wananumba Banduk Marika has dedicated her career to the development, recognition and preservation of Aboriginal art and culture.
Since the death of her father and brother, both established and renowned artists, Banduk and her sisters have maintained the artistic and cultural traditions of the Rirratjiŋu clan. They were among the first Yolŋu women urged to paint by their male kin to carry on this important work. From this experience Banduk emerged, not only as a successful artist, but also a respected activist, educator and community leader.
Favouring relief printmaking over bark painting, a prevalent medium in her community, Banduk translates her ancestral stories and knowledge through intricately carved lines, figures and motifs. In 1986 she was Artist-in-Residence at Flinders University, where she produced a number of linocuts that relate to the Rirratjiŋu ancestral site known as Yalaŋbara.
Yalaŋbara, or Port Bradshaw, is located south of Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land and is considered by the Yolŋu to be the original place of human creation. The crystal clear waters and towering sand dunes of the peninsula belong collectively to the Rirratjungu clan, but Banduk and her relatives hold special custodial responsibilities for the site.
The Yolŋu believe the Djan’kawu were guided to Yalaŋbara by the light of the morning star and ocean currents as they travelled from Burralku, the so-called Isle of the Dead. When they arrived at Yalaŋbara, the rising sun marked the beginning of Yolŋu life. From here the Djan’kawu brother and his two sisters began their great creation journey. As they travelled across north-east Arnhem Land the sisters gave birth to the clans of the Dhuwa moiety and bestowed on them their cultural customs, language and sacred objects.
This exhibition, titled Banduk Marika: Yalaŋbara, highlights Banduk’s spiritual connection to her Country and the ongoing importance of the Yalaŋbara ancestral site to the Rirratjiŋu people. It also celebrates the honorary doctorate awarded by Flinders University in April 2018, in recognition of her remarkable contributions as a First Nations artist and cultural advocate for the Yolŋu people.
Buwathay talks about the art on his yiḏaki
Learn more about the yiḏaki at
Information about the didgeridoo / didjeridu /yidaki / yirdaki direct from Yolngu Aboriginal People in northeast Arnhem Land.
Learn words in the Arrernte language from the Northern Territory
Kumalie Rosalie Riley teaches us words in the Arrernte language, spoken in and around Mparntwe or Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Subscribe to more Word Up podcasts at
Yolngu Bark Exhibition wows Canberra
They're called the Old Masters... and it's the first time their work has been shown to the public on such a large scale.
Brilliant and evocative bark paintings from the Yolngu people are on display in Canberra.
Here's Canberra correspondent Myles Morgan.
Kevin Malngay on Burrngupurrngu's F sharp
I've previously recorded and uploaded clips of Kevin Marlangay' Yunupingu onto YouTube:
Here is a better quality recording of Marlangay' playing yirdaki, on the same Burrngupurrngu F sharp stick as played by Burrngupurrngu in another clip:
Marlangay' is one of the current in-form yirdaki ceremonial players in the Miwatj region. His brother N*c*y Yunupingu regarded him as the best.
Aborginal Rock Art Kakadu
Aborginal Rock Art with history.
Kakadu National Park.
Northern Territory, Australia.
Howard Morphy
Howard Morphy from the Australian National University talks about Gunybi Ganambarr and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
AboutTheMulkaProject2009
This short film highlights the activities and aims of the Mulka Project, with excerpts of work we've done, 'making of' footage, and archival material.
12 Canoes
Following the world-wide success of Ten Canoes, the Yolngu people of Ramingining in Arnhem Land offer the world a more in depth view of their society and culture. One of the oldest cultures in existence shares its stories using the most modern technology to bring it to the world.
Traditional Indigenous baskets woven into International Towers' festive celebrations - 60 sec
Sydney’s International Towers commissions works from Bula’Bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation
In the spirit of tradition, Indigenous artists from the Northern Territory have created 44 unique Dilly Bags to transform the lobby of International Towers Two and Three during the festive period.
Fire - by Yirrkala CEC School Years 8 & 9
A stop animation created with the students from the Yirrkala CEC School in North Eastern Arnhem Land with Visual Feast Creations from recycled materials. The animation is about Savanah Fires which can serious problem across parts of Arnhem Land.
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Galarrwuy Yunupingu is promoted by some as a great Indigenous leader. This clip of a meeting at Oenpelli in the 1970s when he was Chair of the Northern Land Council shows that not to be the case.
Yunupingu sweeps Indigenous music awards
Gurrumul Yunupingu has won the prestigious title of Act of the Year at the Northern Territory Indigenous Music Awards in Darwin.
YIRRMAL on VAMPtv
Yirrmal Marika is an emerging singer/songwriter from Yirrkala. He has spent three years studying in Geelong to reach his goals of engaging in the 'balanda' world and becoming a leader for the Rirratjingu clan through the Marrma' Rom Foundation. He is also the son of Yothu Yindi legend Wityana Marika.
This was screened on VAMPtv, the NT Department of Education's arts vidcast in October 2014, in association with ABC Open and Will Tinapple.
Zorba the Greek Yolgnu style
7.30 report vodcast
The Walkabout ~ snippet.kangaroo
Snippet from Walkabout, Australian movie.
Dora Deemal - Bapatha Nganga (Magpie Goose X Hopevale collection)
This design forms part of the new Magpie Goose X Hopevale collection released in March 2018.
“This is a design about gum nut flowers – which we call Babatha Nganga in Guugu Yimithirr. Babatha grows around here, around the bush. Our gum trees come out with white flowers during the winter-time (but I’ve seen pink and red in Cairns). It’s
beautiful to see them on top of the hills – white amongst the green. There’s lots you can do with Babatha. The dead gum trees are good for making cooking fires; we cook damper and fish on the coals of that kind of tree. We make necklaces from the nuts; and you can make a whistle out of the gum nut. The bees make lovely honey from the flowers.”
This design was created at the HopeVale Arts and Culture Centre during a workshop with Cairns based Textile artist Bobbie Rueben.
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