“Educate people (by) making videos, broadcasting radio to use Balanda (white) technology for Yolngu rom (culture). But first…you have to start to think and picture it in your mind.”
Bangana Wunungmurra (bahn-gahn-nah wuh-nung-moor-rah), Yolngu filmmaker
“We’ve had enough seeing conservation people… they all white fellas and they go and tell Yolngu stories. We want to change that and say ‘No this is our country. This is our story. This is me.’”
Marley Djandirri Dalparri (mar-lee jahn-deer-ree dahl-pahr-ree), Arafura Swamp ranger
“It’s my vision for (my grandson)… We are in two worlds… Carry on Yolngu knowledge and… meet with Balanda (non indigenous) knowledge.”
Helen Nyomba Gandangu (hel-len neye-ohm-bah gahn-dahn-goo), Yolngu Traditional Owner
“White people destroy all the native tucker (foods)... We don’t want to go to shop all the time… Sometimes we don’t have money… More better we just go here and eat free.”
Peter Djigirr (pee-terr jee-geer), Gurruwiling Ranger
“I am an Aboriginal from mud, red mud. I am black, I am red, I am yellow. I will not take my people from here to be in these other places.”
Gawirrin Gumana (gah-wee-rin goo-mah-nah), Dhalwangu (daw-lay-wah-lah) clan leader
“My name, the languages of the islands and the seas, were given to us by the ancestors when they made the world.”
Laurie Baymarrwangga (law-ree bang-or-nah), Senior Traditional Owner of Yan-nhangu (yan-an-new) Islands
“If we are caring for our country, we’re caring for our people. If people are connected to country… we are healthy, our knowledge is healthy.”
Otto Bulmaniya Campion (oh-toe bull-mahn-yah cam-pee-yon), Senior Traditional Owner at Ramingining (rah-mon-ggin-ning)
“Our kinship connects us to whatever lies in the sea. It holds our family. And everything in the ocean is related. ”
Langani Marika (lahn-gahn-ee mah-ree-kah), Senior Traditional Owner for the Rirratjingu (reer-ott-jin-goo) clan