Galarrwuy Yunupingu

Galarrwuy Yunupingu

Musician · Australia · 1948–2023

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Label

Record label
RCA Records

Achievements

Award
Australian of the Year
Award
Australian National Living Treasure
Award
Member of the Order of Australia
Award
Companion of the Order of Australia

Groups

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Born

1948-06-30

Died

2023-04-03

Country

AU

Instruments

voice

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: Galurrwuy Yunupingu

ISNI

0000000063881897

Description

Yolŋu leader, activist (1948–2023)

Extract from Wikipedia

Galarrwuy Yunupingu, also known as James Galarrwuy Yunupingu and Dr Yunupingu, was an Indigenous Australian activist who was a leader in the Aboriginal Australian community. He was involved in Indigenous land rights throughout his career. He was a Yolngu man of the Gumatj clan, from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. He was the 1978 Australian of the Year.

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