KEEPER OF THE SONGLINES
Death of Aboriginal elder Yunupingu who has been at the forefront of activism, school building, land rights and human rights.
Beloved by many for his grace and dignity. Musician. Painter. Friend of PM Bob Hawke and PM Albanese.
With his father he wrote bark petitions to Parliament to stop a bauxite mine on his sacred lands. The first Aboriginal document to be officially recognised for Parliament. Hawke promised a treaty.
You may know the song Treaty that charted in the USA by his family's band. Yothu Yindi. MP Peter Garett from Midnight Oil was a lifelong friend.
A great man by all accounts.
Death of Aboriginal elder Yunupingu who has been at the forefront of activism, school building, land rights and human rights.
Beloved by many for his grace and dignity. Musician. Painter. Friend of PM Bob Hawke and PM Albanese.
With his father he wrote bark petitions to Parliament to stop a bauxite mine on his sacred lands. The first Aboriginal document to be officially recognised for Parliament. Hawke promised a treaty.
You may know the song Treaty that charted in the USA by his family's band. Yothu Yindi. MP Peter Garett from Midnight Oil was a lifelong friend.
A great man by all accounts.