He was born in Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, an Aboriginal Reserve in the northeastern part of the Northern Territory of Australia. He is a member of the Yolngu people. His father’s name is Mangurrawut Yunupingu. His skin name was Gudjuk, which means hawk. His name was changed to Mandawuy when a family member with the same name died, in line with Yolngu custom. Mandawuy means “rock that stands against time”.
He is the younger brother of Galarrwuy Yunupingu, a senior elder of Arnhem Land, who was Australian of the Year in 1978 and remains a force in Australian politics. One of his sisters is the artist Gulumbu Yunupingu.
In 1977 began a teaching career and formed the rock band Yothu Yindi with nephew Witiyana Marika. First Aboriginal person from Arnhem Land to gain a university degree, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from Deakin University in 1988.
He co-founded the Aboriginal band Yothu Yindi in 1986. He is the lead singer and most prominent personality of the band, and he also plays guitar. The name Yothu Yindi means “child and mother”. It refers to the kinship of north-east Arnhem Land.
The band is most famous for the song “Treaty”, which reached number 1 on the Australian charts and stayed there for a total of 22 weeks. The song contains words from Gujamati, an indigenous language.
Yunupingu strives to achieve a better understanding of Aboriginal culture by balanda (non-Aboriginal people), and is a prominent advocate of reconciliation between white and Aboriginal Australians.
Nooks left CAAMA Radio yesterday for experience in other areas of life…He can be still heard on Friday & Saturday Nights with CAAMA Party Mix from 8pm…
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The 20th Annual Oysterfest is where CAAMA Radio will be once again…The West Coast (SA) town of Ceduna hosts Australia’s largest oyster festival, the annual Oysterfest in Ceduna, on the SA October long weekend.
The Oysterfest in Ceduna features the delicious oysters from Smoky Bay and Denial Bay, both cooked and natural. The Oysterfest remains free of entry fees and this is greatly due to the commitment of local and corporate sponsorship and community participation…So stay tuned to CAAMA Radio as we will once again broadcast LIVE from this amazing community.
Building on the success of the 2009 initiative to tour The Black Arm Band’s murundak to remote Indigenous Australia, The Fred Hollows Foundation have invited The Black Arm Band to share the partner piece, Hidden Republic with Aboriginal audiences in a second remote community tour in 2010. hrough the pioneering vision and generous support of The Fred Hollows Foundation, Hidden Republic will visit remote Indigenous communities across Northern and Western Australia throughout July and August 2010. The large-scale tour of performances and music workshops includes community ovals, basketball courts and football fields in Maningrida, Manyallaluk, Wadeye, Fitzroy Crossing and Papunya.
The Black Arm Band and The Fred Hollows Foundation are working closely together with community to deliver a program of music workshops and showcase performances which utilise music as an instrument of identity, hope, resistance and self-determination. These programs reflect The Black Arm Band’s belief that music is a powerful vehicle for community change and social inclusion, in evidence at every performance and workshop. [More]
Gary Foley not only talks the talk and walks the walk but wears the truth as well..
Gary was with friends at this years Dreaming Festival..Les Malezer, Michael Williams, Michael Williams, Gary Foley, Shellie Morris, Rosealee Pearson, Damien Curtis, Rhoda Roberts, Sinem Saban.
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- UN shocked how Australia treats its Indigenous people.
- Aboriginal candidates for Lingiari in the N.T.
- Lingiari candidate says Federal Intervention money is being wasted.
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NT Indigenous leaders & delegates to the UN International Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in Geneva
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- NT Aboriginal leaders have taken their messages to the committee on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination in Geneva.
- Report shows young Koori’s are expirencing racism, high amounts of abuse and neglect much more than their non indigenous peers.
- Tasmanian Supreme court has agreed to hear a civil case to protect an aboriginal site from a highway development near Hobart.
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- Federal Opposition spokesman for indigenous affairs admits that it would have been better if the former Howard Government had consulted with aboriginal people before rolling out the NT intervention.
- Chairperson of the National Congress of Australia’s first people says indigenous voices are all but silent in the general election campaign.
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