Boys from St. Therese's School (now called Murrapurtiyanuwu) on Bathurst Island in the far north of Australia learn how to make the three-pronged fish spears during afternoons at school dedicated to Tiwi culture. This was filmed in 1987.
This video shows us collecting ngarlu (sugar bag) and the best places to find it. It features Violet Wadrill Nanaku, Biddy Wavehill Yamawurr Nangala and Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal Nangari.
It was produced by Felicity Meakins (University of Queensland).
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It’s 1963 in the Australian outback and master tracker Billy Benn is being chased by the police for the murder of his wife’s lover. Can Benn escape and find solace in the outback or will the police led by fellow tracker Teddy Egan catch up to him?
Some twenty years later …
In 2018, Ku Arts coordinated two carving camps on both Nukunu and Adnyamathanha country. The camps included language workshops supported by the Mobile Language Team, and the study of objects made by direct ancestors of the Adnyamathanha and Nukunu participants in partnership with …
Minh puuy is the Wik-Mungkan name for the giant Cape York mud crab found here in Aurukun.
Join locals Rufus, Rosie and young Jonny as they take us deep into the mangroves for some serious bush tucker...
and keep your ears open for a lesson in their Wik-Mungkan …
This video shows Violet Wadrill Nanaku, Biddy Wavehill Yamawurr Nangala, Peggy Wavehill Mayawurr Nangala and Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal Nangari collecting bark and making kawurn (ashes) for flavouring tobacco.
It was produced by Felicity Meakins (University of Queensland).
For …
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