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The Indigenous craftsman who listens for singing trees

In historic Yirrkala, where land rights once echoed in bark petitions, Ian Gurruwiwi listens for the tree that will become the next voice in his people's song.

AAP · Aug 2

From Arnhem Land to the world, power of art on show

Artists connected to the remote Yirrkala community in East Arnhem Land were among the first Indigenous Australians to use their art for political ends.

AAP · Jun 27, 2025

Yolngu power: how a small Indigenous community in the Top End came to dominate Australian art

A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales celebrates the many artists of Yirrkala, across almost 300 works spanning bark paintings to neon lights

The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2025

Prominent Northern Territory anti-vaxxer David Cole arrested and charged in East Arnhem Land over COVID-19 breach

Northern Territory police have confirmed that three people have been arrested, charged and directed to leave Yirrkala, as elders brand their presence in the remote community as "dangerous".

ABC News · Feb 17, 2022

Julia Gillard: ‘There have been many takes on the misogyny speech. This is a truly special one’

Yolŋu artist Dhambit Munuŋgurr has been waiting a long time to get Gillard’s attention. On Friday at the National Gallery of Victoria, they finally met

The Guardian - AU · Jan 21, 2022

East Arnhem community of Yirrkala exits lockdown as Northern Territory records 459 new COVID-19 cases

Yirrkala records four new COVID-19 cases but the lockdown in the community has ended on schedule as the Northern Territory records 459 new cases of the virus.

ABC News · Jan 20, 2022

COVID updates: Seven-day isolation period for positive cases to remain, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will not change the isolation period for positive COVID-19 cases, but the issue will remain under constant review.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2022

COVID-19 hospital cases in the Northern Territory rise to 48, with 418 new infections recorded

The number of people with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals has grown to 48, with seven of those patients requiring oxygen. No patients are in intensive care.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2022

NT communities of Yirrkala and Galiwin'ku enter first full day of COVID-19 lockdown

The communities of Yirrkala and Galiwin'ku are now the only locked-down places in Australia after the government announced restrictions yesterday due to a growing outbreak in East Arnhem.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2022