Yolngu people

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The Yolngu people are an Indigenous Australian group from northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, known for their rich cultural traditions, complex kinship systems, and significant contributions to Aboriginal land rights and contemporary art and music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian group ⓘ
Indigenous Australian people ⓘ
areKnownFor Complex kinship and marriage rules ⓘ
Contemporary Aboriginal art ⓘ
Contemporary Aboriginal music ⓘ
Land rights activism ⓘ
Rich ceremonial traditions ⓘ
arePartOf Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory ⓘ
First Nations of Australia ⓘ
contributedTo Recognition of Aboriginal land rights in Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalPractice Bark painting ⓘ
Body painting ⓘ
Bunggul (ceremonial dance) ⓘ
Ceremonial song and dance ⓘ
Didgeridoo (yidaki) music ⓘ
Funeral ceremonies (such as Djungguwan and other mortuary rites) ⓘ
Sacred clan designs (miny’tji) ⓘ
filed Yirrkala bark petitions to the Australian Parliament in 1963 ⓘ
haveArtCentre Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre ⓘ
haveClanStructure Multiple patrilineal clans ⓘ
haveCollectiveName Yolngu ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
haveEconomicActivity Art production and sale ⓘ
Music performance and recording ⓘ
haveInstrument Bilma (clapsticks) ⓘ
Yidaki (didgeridoo) ⓘ
haveKinshipSystem Complex moiety-based kinship system ⓘ
haveLaw Madayin (Yolngu customary law) ⓘ
haveMoietySystem Dhuwa and Yirritja ⓘ
haveMusicTradition Manikay (clan song series) ⓘ
haveNotableCommunity Galiwin’ku ⓘ
Gapuwiyak ⓘ
Ramingining ⓘ
Yirrkala ⓘ
haveSacredSites Blue Mud Bay ⓘ
Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku) ⓘ
Gove Peninsula ⓘ
Yirrkala region ⓘ
haveSocialDivision Moieties that determine marriage rules ⓘ
locatedIn Northeast Arnhem Land ⓘ
linked to: Arnhem Land

Northern Territory ⓘ
nameMeaning “Person” or “people” in Yolngu languages ⓘ
notableEvent Gove land rights case (Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd) ⓘ
Yirrkala bark petitions ⓘ
speak Djambarrpuyngu ⓘ
Gumatj ⓘ
Other Yolngu Matha dialects ⓘ
Rirratjingu ⓘ
linked to: Djambarrpuyngu
traditionalLanguageFamily Yolngu Matha ⓘ
traditionalReligion Dreaming (Dreamtime) beliefs ⓘ
Yolngu cosmology ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aboriginal Australians → hasPart → Yolngu people ⓘ
Yirrkala bark petitions → creator → Yolngu elders ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Yirrkala bark petitions → ethnicGroup → Yolngu people ⓘ
Yirrkala bark petitions → associatedWith → Yirrkala community ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Arnhem Land → traditionalOwners → Yolngu people ⓘ
Gulf of Carpentaria → traditionalOwners → Yolngu people ⓘ
Nhulunbuy → traditionalOwners → Yolngu people ⓘ
Ten Canoes → depictsCulture → Yolngu people ⓘ
Yolngu people → haveCollectiveName → Yolngu ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Murri people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yolngu people ⓘ
Yolŋu languages → spokenBy → Yolŋu people ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Top End region → hasIndigenousPeople → Yolngu people ⓘ
Gumatj → associatedWith → Yolngu people ⓘ
Yolngu land rights movement → participant → Yolngu elders ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Yolngu Matha → spokenBy → Yolngu people ⓘ
Yolngu Matha → ethnicGroup → Yolngu ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Gove Peninsula → traditionalOwners → Yolngu people ⓘ
Arafura Swamp → traditionalOwners → Yolngu people ⓘ
Ramingining → inhabitedBy → Yolngu people ⓘ
Yirrkala → traditionalOwners → Yolngu people ⓘ
Yirrkala → ethnicGroup → Yolngu ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Djambarrpuyngu → ethnicGroup → Yolŋu people ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Rirratjingu Aboriginal Corporation → ethnicGroupRepresented → Yolngu ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Gove bauxite mine → nearbyCommunity → Yolngu communities ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Garma Festival → languageCommunity → Yolngu peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Garma Festival → culturalGroup → Yolngu ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Gunyangara → inhabitedBy → Yolŋu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Gunyangara (Ski Beach)
linked to: Yolngu people
Gunyangara → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Yolŋu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Gunyangara (Ski Beach)
linked to: Yolngu people
Wessel Islands → ethnicGroupAssociated → Yolngu ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Wessel Islands → traditionalOwners → Yolngu communities ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
David Gulpilil → ethnicGroup → Yolngu ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Bininj people → neighboringGroup → Yolngu people ⓘ
Makarrata → hasCulturalContext → Yolngu people ⓘ
Dhuwa and Yirritja → areUsedBy → Yolngu people ⓘ
Dhuwa and Yirritja → divide → Yolngu society ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Dhuwa and Yirritja → divide → Yolngu clans ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Bunggul → culture → Yolngu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Bunggul (ceremonial dance)
Bunggul → ethnicGroup → Yolngu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Bunggul (ceremonial dance)
Elcho Island → traditionalOwners → Yolngu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku)
Elcho Island → majorCulturalCentreFor → Yolngu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku)
Galiwin’ku → majorityPopulation → Yolngu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku)
Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre → ownedBy → Yolngu community ⓘ
linked to: Yolngu people
Manikay → hasCulturalGroup → Yolngu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Manikay (clan song series)
Manikay → hasOwnership → Yolngu clans ⓘ
subject linked to: Manikay (clan song series)
linked to: Yolngu people
Yidaki → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Yolngu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Yidaki (didgeridoo)