Yirrkala Society and Culture

• Northern Territory: Society and Culture  (17)
• Northern Territory: Society and Culture: Issues: Aboriginal  (1)
• Society and Culture: History  (173)
• Society and Culture: Issues: Aboriginal  (23)

Australian of the Year 1978: Galarrwuy Yunupingu AM - Transcript from the Commonwealth Government awards, with a short history of the winner's achievements. [PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader].

Australian of the Year 1992: Mandawuy Yunupingu - Transcript from the Commonwealth Government awards, with a short history of the winner's achievements. [PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader].

Brandi & Randy's Oz Trip - Personal account of a visit to the region. Includes information about the community, bushfires, environment, music and arts. Offers photographs and narration.

Documenting a Democracy: Yirrkala Bark Petitions - Includes factual information about the petition. Offers PDF downloads [requires Adobe Acrobat], photographs, description and significance to Australian history.

Galarrwuy Yunupingu - Short biography of a presenter at the Indigenous Economic Forum. Outlines his involvement in the Northern Land Council and Aboriginal issues. [PDF, requires Adobe Acrobat].

Garma Festival - Annual celebration of Yolngu (Aboriginal people of north east Arnhem Land) culture, presented by clan elders from the Yothu Yindi Foundation. Includes agenda, photo gallery, merchandise and educational information.

Local Indigenous Perspectives of Community and Co-Management Arrangements - Draft research paper on the negotiations and interpretations of co-management programs operating within the territories of the Haida of British Columbia and the Yolngu of Australia. Discusses the management structure of Dhimurru. By Cathy Robinson, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography & Environmental Science, Monash University. [PDF, requires Adobe Acrobat]

Morphy, Howard - Professional paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies, entitled 'He dances as he hunts: the ritual environment of Eastern Arnhem land'. Contains information about a local funeral and related ritual ceremonies.

7.30 Report - Yothu Yindi Foundation Establishes Cultural Studies Institute - Transcript of the television show, reported by Murray McLaughlin. Outlines the history and purpose of the Institute and includes comments from participants. [July 19, 1999]

What is Heritage? - An extract from the book 'Voices from the Land' [ABC Books, Sydney, 1994] in which Mandawuy Yunupingu discusses the concept of Yothu Yindi in relation to the band and as a philosophy of balance. Includes information about his education and life.

The Whitlam Institute: Yirrkala and the Australian Parliament: - Article by the Hon E.G. Whitlam on the memorable Yirrkala petition. Land Rights News, March 1988.

Yirrkala War Memorial - Information about this World War II monument, with names of members from the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit.

Yunupingu, Galarrwuy - Brief biography, listing achievements in Aboriginal Land Rights activism.

Land Rights News: Honour for NLC Chair - News item about Galarrwuy Yunupingu receiving a plaque from Governor-General Sir William Deane, in recognition of his leadership and historic role in the land rights movement. Mention is made of Mr Yunupingu being one of 100 "Australian Living National Treasures" selected by the National Trust. (July, 1999)