Bardi language oral history animation about police reprisals on the Dampier Peninsula following the spearing of two white pearlers at Cygnet Bay in May 1885.

Men and boys from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) perform a traditional dance mimicking the emu, the large flightless bird, when feeding from the ground, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Two men from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) wearing masks perform a traditional kangaroo hunting dance with spears and spear thrower, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Two young men from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) perform a traditional hunting dance with spears and spear thrower, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and boys from Numbulwar, East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances on the dusty corroboree ground, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Jul 7, 2018 Men and boys from Numbulwar, East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances on the dusty corroboree ground, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Warlpiri women from Yuendumu, a Central Australian Aboriginal community almost 300 kilometres north west of Alice Springs, perform a traditional dance accompanied by singing and clapsticks; at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Young boys and men of the White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory dance before going around the corroboree ground and marching off, to the accompaniment of singing and playing of the didgeridoo (yidaki); at the Barunga Festival, …

Young boys and men from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory dance on the corroboree ground at the Barunga Festival of 2018, raising plenty of dust; this is followed by a dance from the women; accompanied by song and the didgeridoo (yidaki).

The White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory perform, at the Barunga Festival of 2018 to the song “Mimi - Wajbagada”, a song about the mythical Mimi spirit, accompanied by the didgeridoo (yidaki).

The White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory perform at the Barunga Festival, 2018. The group, adults and children, march onto the corroboree ground and the women dance first, followed by the men and boys, to the accompaniment of …

Men and women from Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory perform dances at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island), off the northern coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Numbulwar, East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances, including the brolga dance, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory sing the “God Song” and perform dances of a Christian religious nature; at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory sing and perform dances associated with fire, sunrise and the land; at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Torres Strait islander students, boys and girls from Djarragun College, perform a dance from Mabuiag Island in the central Torres Strait, during the Townsville Cultural Fest.

Djarragun College students from the Torres Strait islands perform traditional dances during the Townsville Cultural Fest. This is a mixed group of boys and girls from different islands. The dance is from Boigu Island, in the far north of the Torres Strait. The song is by Afa Anau …

Djarragun College students from the Torres Strait islands perform a dance from Badu Island, in the Central Western Torres Strait, during the Townsville Cultural Fest. The song is called “Gumi Rangadh”.

Torres Strait islander boys, students from Djarragun College, march onto the stage during the Townsville Cultural Fest. They perform the “Paddle Dance” from Boigu Island (just south of Papua New Guinea), in the far north of the Torres Strait; the song, “Kutau Gutha Thia”, …