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Other Links

Indigenous Rights @ NMA, Yirrkala documents

http://indigenousrights.net.au/subsection.asp?ssID=83&1=1#iID911
The Indigenous rights site explains the lead up to the production of the bark petitions and the consequences of the bark petitions. The digitised documents include, among other items, newspaper clippings and The report of the Select Committee on the Grievances of Yirrkala Aborigines. Part I

Websites with background information

Nhulunbuy Corporation Limited, About Yolngu

http://ncl.net.au/play/about-yolgnu/

Overview of Yolngu history and culture

Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre

http://www.yirrkala.com/theartcentre/about

Art Centre and Mulka Project information

The Yirrkala Film Project

http://filmaustraliaceremony.com.au/pdf/yirrkala.pdf

Information about Ian Dunlop’s 22 films made with Yolngu people

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