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.

Traditional story and dance of the Seven Sisters at Kuruala. Filmed in 1990.

Boys from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns in north Queensland, Australia, perform the "Kab Kar", a traditional dance from Mer (Murray Island) in the eastern Torres Strait Islands, at the Townsville Cultural Fest in 2010. They wear the "dhari" headdress made …

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 …

Young Aboriginal people perform a dance associated with the brolga, a large water bird that has great significance in the culture of Arnhem Land, during the Barunga Festival in 1995. A Song Man with clap sticks and a didjeridu accompanies the dance, characterised by high leaps …

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.

The traditional Míddjarn ceremonial dance of the Ndjébbana people is carried out by men and boys in the school grounds at Maningrida Aboriginal community in the north of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a serious ceremony, but also fun for the children …

Men from Lajamanu, an Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert are painted up and perform "purlapa", men's corroboree, at dusk. This was recorded with an old 8 mm film camera, so the technical quality is poor.