Warlpiri

After 70 years, our special place Kurlpurlunu has been found again by Yapa. PAW Productions filmed this exciting discovery. Previous attempts to find the Tanami Desert site, known as Kurlpurlunu, had proved fruitless until Warlpiri elders, George Jungarrayi Ryder and Molly …

Underpinning the significance of the Northern Tanami IPA to Kardiya are its remoteness and the vast scale of the area’s relatively intact landscapes in which desert and tropical ecosystems are juxtaposed. The IPA is a refuge for desert species at the northern extent of their …

In the past, before kardiya came to Australia, yapa looked after their country well. They walked over the country, they knew all the plants and animals, they knew their Jukurrpa (Dreaming) and they knew the Milarpa. They knew their country and the country knew them. They sang …

Traditional owners worked alongside CLC staff over 15 years to plan and implement management of the Northern Tanami IPA which was declared at a ceremony in Lajamanu in 2007. A management committee oversees planning and decision making for all aspects of the IPA. Membership …

This country is strong and will remain strong for us. It is alive in spirit. Country always welcomes us and reminds us that we are family. We have the responsibility to look after our father’s and mother’s country by following the Law. We don’t make the Law; our Law is …

Marlu Witalpa Nyinanja - Yuendumu School - May 2019. Produced by Red Dust Role Models.

Jintangka - Yuendemu. Produced with the youth in Yuendumu

Live recording of set played live at Bush Bands Bash at Telegraph Station, Alice Springs 2016

Live recording of set played live at Bush Bands Bash at Telegraph Station, Alice Springs 2016

Live recording of set played live at Bush Bands Bash at Telegraph Station, Alice Springs 2016

Live recording of set played live at Bush Bands Bash at Telegraph Station, Alice Springs 2016

Live recording of set played live at Bush Bands Bash at Telegraph Station, Alice Springs 2016

Ngurra Nyirripi by DesertWind Band

Acts 13. Alice Naparula Frank

The Tanami Band full set from Freedom Day Festival 2018

Lajamanu Teenage Band from Freedom Day Festival 2018

In August 2018, around 30 Aboriginal elders and CLC rangers from remote communities across central Australia met at the Central Land Council in Alice Springs. Some of the elders were among the last Aboriginals people who grew up living off the land. They talked to the CLC …

2018 Coniston - Commemorations With stories by Ned Kelly, and Dinny Jampijnpa Nolan

Acts 13. Alice Naparula Frank

A song about a big storm coming and all the problems that come with it. All we can do is stick close together and hope it goes away.