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Didgeridoo rumble as Garma Festival bursts into life

Under a bruised-purple Arnhem Land sky, 13 Yolngu clans have drenched the red dust in ochre, song and didgeridoo as the Garma Festival explodes into colour.

AAP · Jul 30

The Top End’s tropical savannas are a natural wonder – but weak environment laws mean their future is uncertain

The Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory contains an extensive, awe-inspiring expanse of tropical savanna landscapes. It includes well-known and much-loved regions such as Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land and Nitmiluk Gorge.

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025

Song spirals of ancestors will be heard in new work

A dance piece based on traditional Milkarri, or women's song spirals, of East Arnhem Land will premiere at the Darwin Festival this month.

AAP · Aug 1, 2024

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New analysis unlocks the hidden meaning of 15,000-year-old rock art in Arnhem Land

Rock art is one of the most intriguing records of the human past – it directly represents how our ancestors viewed their world. This provides a fundamentally different perspective compared to other archaeological items, such as stone artefacts.

The Conversation · Jan 9, 2024

People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia – and it had an inland sea

For much of the 65,000 years of Australia’s human history, the now-submerged northwest continental shelf connected the Kimberley and western Arnhem Land. This vast, habitable realm covered nearly 390,000 square kilometres, an area one-and-a-half times larger than New Zealand is today.

The Conversation · Dec 20, 2023

Archaeologists say Moluccan boats depicted in Arnhem Land rock art, solving mystery

Researchers from Flinders University publish findings suggesting the art depicts ships from the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, which could have reached Australian shores prior to colonisation.

ABC News · May 27, 2023

Remarkable new tech has revealed the ancient landscape of Arnhem Land that greeted Australia’s First Peoples

Many visitors to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory are struck by the magnificent cliffs, stunning bird life and extraordinary rock art. Some may know this landscape includes the earliest evidence of human occupation in what is now Australia, at Madjedbebe, where signs of habitation have been dated to 65,000…

The Conversation · May 4, 2023

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Arnhem Land space centre could be used for missile testing and development, Equitorial Launch Australia says

Two space companies have signalled the possibility of a defence force future for a remote base near the NT town of Nhulunbuy.

ABC News · Apr 26, 2023

Aboriginal land rights champion Yunupingu dies in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory

One of Australia's most influential Aboriginal leaders, the trailblazing land rights fighter Yunupingu, has died in the Northern Territory aged 74.

ABC News · Apr 2, 2023

Arnhem Land rangers seeing higher prices for crocodile eggs, as slinging ban tightens supply

Indigenous rangers in the Northern Territory are earning more for saltwater crocodile eggs this year, as a ban on a common method for egg collection tightens supply.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2023

Returning a name to an artist: the work of Majumbu, a previously unknown Australian painter

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people.

The Conversation · Feb 22, 2023

This Australian island is constantly covered in a fine layer of dust. Now locals want answers

On Groote Eylandt, off the NT's Arnhem Land coast, a fine dust coats the houses and cars. Community members say it could be putting their health at risk.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

Search for descendants of Aboriginal people who settled in Indonesia at least 150 years ago

There's growing evidence Aboriginal people moved to Indonesia at least 150 years ago and started families. These images are the first photographic proof of this community.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

Arnhem Land traditional owners produce 13-metre map petition to lobby against Roper River water use

A group of traditional owners concerned about new water-thirsty industries in the Northern Territory have asked a Melbourne artist to paint them a huge map of their country, which they plan to present to the federal government.

ABC News · Oct 28, 2022

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AAP · Sep 29, 2022

Indigenous soldiers war service remembered

The Australian Defence Force has joined Indigenous leaders in the NT to commemorate the formation of an Arnhem Land army unit that protected the nation in WWII.

ABC News · Jul 22, 2022

Northern Australian beaches inundated by thousands of tonnes of plastic waste from Asia

An endless array of rubbish, from lighters to toothbrushes and medical syringes, inundate hundreds of kilometres of northern Australia's coastline in their tonnes.

The Conversation · Jul 22, 2022

New research in Arnhem Land reveals why institutional fire management is inferior to cultural burning

One of the conclusions of this week’s shocking State of the Environment report is that climate change is lengthening Australia’s bushfire seasons and raising the number of days with a fire danger rating of “very high” or above. In New South Wales, for example, the season now extends to almost…

ABC News · Jun 26, 2022

NASA successfully launches its first rocket from newly created Arnhem Space Centre

In a historic moment, NASA has launched a rocket from remote Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, marking the first commercial space launch in Australia's history.

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AAP · Jun 26, 2022

NASA rocket to launch from Arnhem Land

A NASA rocket will launch from the NT on Sunday night, the agency's first in Australia in 27 years and the first from a commercial spaceport outside the US.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

Indigenous rangers and scientists working to conserve endangered white-throated grasswren in Arnhem Land

Bushfires and feral cats are driving the white-throated grasswren from even the most remote corners of the Northern Territory, but Indigenous rangers have made an exciting discovery on their mission to find out where it still survives.

The Conversation · Mar 24, 2022

Friday essay: 'this is our library' – how to read the amazing archive of First Nations stories written on rock

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