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Senior Yolngu lore man and Gumatj clan leader Yunupingu has died after a long illness. The keeper of songlines was one of the most influential Indigenous leaders of the past century.

From a land rights "radical" to a steely elder who had the ear of successive prime ministers, the late northeast Arnhem Land leader, Yunupingu, leaves a powerful legacy.

Senior Yolngu lore man and Gumatj clan leader Yunupingu has died after a long illness. The keeper of songlines was one of the most influential Indigenous leaders of the past century.

Senior Yolngu lore man and Gumatj clan leader Yunupingu has died after a long illness. The keeper of songlines was one of the most influential Indigenous leaders of the past century.

Senior Yolngu lore man and Gumatj clan leader Yunupingu has died after a long illness. The keeper of songlines was one of the most influential Indigenous leaders of the past century.

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Thomas Mayor compares current fight for constitutional recognition to 1960s Wave Hill walk-off that led to land rights

If we are to have justice, there must also be a sharing of wealth and power, truth-telling and a recognition of sovereignty.

If we are to have justice, there must also be a sharing of wealth and power, truth-telling and a recognition of sovereignty.

Government also opposed apology to stolen generations ‘given that the practices were at the time believed to be in the best interests of the children’