Dhuwarrwarr is sister of Wandjuk, Bay\ul and Banduk Marika, and daughter of Mawalan, the Rirratji\u clan leader who originally welcomed the missionaries to set up on his land, creating the beginnings of modern day Yirrkala.
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The Djang’kawu follow the morning star by canoe from their residence of Burralku, an island of ancestral dead.
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Rulyapa
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H: 48cm W: 45cm
This miny’tji represents Rulyapa, the rough saltwater country between Nhulunbuy and the large island of Dhambaliya (Bremer Island), ballooning up from the secret depths, around the sacred rock Manhala, which can be a manifestation of Daymirri. read more
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Wulthu
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H: 30cm W: 57cm
In time past, Rirratjingu and Djambarrpuyngu people (Miliwurrwurr) and Bararrngu lived here at Yirrkala and also at Dhambaliya. read more