Yirrkala
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Yirrkala is a small community in East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia, 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of the large mining town of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land.
A bark painting collected at Yirrkala
A woodcarving of Nureri the fire ancestor collected at Yirrkala
A woodcarving of female spirit collected at Yirrkala
One of the Wurrwurrwuy stone arrangements
Yolngu
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The Yolngu or Yolŋu are an aggregation of Aboriginal Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yolngu means "person" in the Yolŋu languages. The terms Murngin, Wulamba, Yalnumata, Murrgin and Yulangor were formerly used by some anthropologists for the Yolngu.
Yolngu use hollow logs in traditional burial rituals. They are also an important "canvas" for their art, Aboriginal Memorial, NGA
The $1 bill featuring David Malangi's art