Five years after his death, a new version of Gurrumul's Bayini shines light on Indigenous Australia's pre-colonial ties with Indonesia

If you've ever visited the coastal regions of northern Australia, you've probably come across a djilawurr — an orange-footed scrubfowl.

NOTE: Gurrumul Yunupingu's family has given permission for his name and image to be used.

For the Northern Territory's Yolgnu people, this chicken-sized bird is a generational symbol of a relationship few modern Australians realise ever existed.