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‘Our voice is the spirit of this country’: connecting Yolngu parliament in Arnhem Land to Canberra

Djambawa’s message in English, one of his nine languages, is the essential link between Yolngu law and culture and the Australian parliament

The Guardian - AU · May 6, 2023

Yunupingu, Yolŋu leader and campaigner for Indigenous rights, dies aged 74

Elder spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of his people, from the Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963 to the voice to parliament

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2023

Sport, music and culture shine at Barunga Festival 2022 after COVID postponements

It starts as a trickle, then legions of people from the crowd swirl together behind the Groote Eylandt Anindilyakwa dancers, billowing sand across the tiny community of Barunga — one of many special moments at the important festival.

ABC News · Aug 14, 2022

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Sailing down the Stuart Highway, Guts Touring revives the Blackfella/Whitefella spirit

In the year Midnight Oil plays its farewell tour, another group of musicians is taking inspiration from the Oils' iconic 1986 'Blackfella/Whitefella' tour with the Warumpi Band, touring from the Top End all the way down to Tasmania.

ABC News · Jul 29, 2022

Darwin author Leonie Norrington's book series The Barrumbi Kids to become TV show

Darwin author Leonie Norrington never imagined her childhood stories of growing up in an Aboriginal community would become a TV show.

ABC News · Apr 2, 2022

Alcohol has been banned in Barunga for years, but that is about to change

A long taxi ride to the closest regional hub is not an uncommon expense for residents living in the remote community of Barunga, but that could soon be a cost of the past.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2022

Remote Laundries pilot in Barunga reduced scabies 'rapidly', now there are plans to expand

The skin infection scabies, which can lead to heart and kidney problems, has almost been eradicated due to a shipping container full of washing machines, and now the project is rolling out elsewhere.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

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