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Photo story: the ancient traditions and ochre-hued homelands of ...
Photo story: the ancient traditions and ochre-hued homelands of ...
Photo story: the ancient traditions and ochre-hued homelands of ...
Photo story: the ancient traditions and ochre-hued homelands of ...
Photo story: the ancient traditions and ochre-hued homelands of ...
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The Yolngu | National Museum of Australia
Photo story: the ancient traditions and ochre-hued homelands of ...
Information about the people who live in the Miwatj or north-east Arnhem Land region who are known generally as Yolngu, which simply means ‘people’.
The Yolngu artistic system enables the relationship between people and land to be precisely encoded in paintings. For the Yolgnu the inclusion of clan designs on the petition was a demonstration of their ownership of the land.
Yidaki: Didjeridu and the Sound of Australia explored the power of the didjeridu and its meanings to the Yolngu people, cultural custodians of the instrument. This exhibition was on show at the National Museum of Australia from 25 June to 12 August 2021.
The Yirrkala bark petitions, sent by the Yolngu people, an Aboriginal Australian people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, to the Australian Parliament in 1963, were the first traditional documents prepared by Indigenous Australians that were recognised by the Australian Parliament, and the first documentary recognition of Indigenous ...
The Yunupingu` family are Yolngu people who live in northeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Yolngu means ‘person’ in the language spoken by the people. The Yunupingu family’s ancestors have lived in this place for many thousands of years.
Discover the power of the didjeridu and its meanings with the Yolngu people, cultural custodians of the instrument they know as yidaki. Explore a stringy bark forest and immerse yourself in film and audio installations in Yidaki: Didjeridu and the Sound of Australia.
Jul 12, 2018 · Yidaki: Didjeridu and the Sound of Australia is an immersive exhibition exploring the iconic didjeridu through sound, story, moving images and treasured objects. The cultural custodians, the Yolngu people, guide you through the meaning, power and cultural significance of the didjeridu, known to them as yidaki.
Aug 6, 2021 · ‘Yidaki: Didjeridu and the Sound of Australia’ was developed with the Yolngu people of North East Arnhem Land under the guidance of Djalu Gurruwiwi, a universally recognised authority on the musical...
Nov 23, 2022 · The third petition was donated to the National Museum of Australia by the Bryant family and in an emotional ceremony on Sunday, the Yolngu people welcomed back the fourth and final missing piece of history. This bark petition has hung on the wall of Ms McKie's Derby home for almost 30 years. (ABC Kimberley: Tallulah Bieundurry)
Jan 21, 2025 · Today, the Yirrkala barks have a remarkable legacy. They are recognised as the first time an Aboriginal community expressed and asserted their rights to their country in their own language to Australia's highest governing body. They were also the first petitions in Australian history to instigate an immediate response from parliament.
