Men from Barunga (formerly known as Bamyili) in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory enter Lajamanu on the occasion of the Northern Territory achieving self-government on 1 July 1978; they go through the new police station and perform a dance, typical of southern Arnhem …

Kapululangu (Balgo's Women Centre) followed the 7 sisters Dreaming telling the stories, singing the songs and passing on the knowledge.

Men and women, painted with red and yellow ochres, walk towards the seashore to the sound of clapsticks. Every few metres the men of each moiety, supported by their women, do their typical dances with ceremonial cries. Having arrived at the water's edge the men plunge in and …

Young boys and men of the White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory parade around the corroboree ground and marching off, to the accompaniment of singing and playing of the didgeridoo (yidaki); at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Aboriginal ritual dancing from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory perform dances, with the women prominent among the men, carrying strips of material, with a song man, clapsticks and playing of the didgeridoo, at the …

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.

Women from Lajamanu, an Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert perform an ancient dance while other women sing, on the occasion of the Northern Territory achieving self-government on 1 July 1978; they dance around a …

An evening “Wungubal”, just for fun, in Numbulwar. A father dances with his small son. The singing, accompanied by clapsticks and didjeridu, is typical of eastern Arnhem Land.