Torres Strait islander boys, students from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, 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 …

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 …

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 videos about a travelling ceremony known in the APY Lands as Kulkalanya. Featuring interviews with Pantjiti MacKenzie.

A special dance is performed in Lajamanu, a Warlpiri Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert. It is performed welcoming important visitors, during celebrations when the Northern Territory received self-government on 1 …

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.

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 …

The Tiwi Aboriginal people of Bathurst Island remember the bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942 with a corroboree. They apply their face paint and chant the events in Tiwi; the men dance, their arms outstretched, representing the planes; the women sit and depict looking through …