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Gurruwiwi
Gurruwiwi is a surname of the Yolngu, an Aboriginal Australian people of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of Australia, and family members have close connections with the Yunupingu and Marika families. Notable people with the surname include: *Djalu Gurruwiwi (1935–2022), yidaki player *Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi (1942–2020) was an internationally acclaimed Aboriginal Australian artist from Elcho Island (Galiwin'ku), an island off the coast of Northeast Arnhem Land. Gali was a Yolngu Mala leader and Gälpu clan representat ... (1942–2020), artist * Larry Gurruwiwi, musician, son of Djalu * Leila Gurruwiwi (born 1988), media commentator and TV producer * Mithinarri Gurruwiwi (1929–1976), artist {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Gurruwiwi
Djalu Gurruwiwi, also written Djalu ( – 12 May 2022), was a Yolngu man from Arnhem Land in northern Australia, known worldwide for his skill as a player, maker and spiritual keeper of the yiḏaki (didgeridoo). He was also a respected artist, with works in several galleries. Life Gurruwiwi was born at the mission station on Wirriku Island (also known as Jirgarri), one of the smaller islands in the Wessel Islands group. He has also self-reported being born on Milingimbi Island (also known as Yurruwi, in the Crocodile Islands), with both of these island groups being off Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia. His date of birth is uncertain (the missionaries recorded his and two brothers as having the same birthdate – officially 1 January 1930), estimated 1940 or probably earlier. He was given the European name "Willie" at some point, "Wulumbuyku" was another Aboriginal name, and his skin name was Wamut. His father was Monyu Gurruwiwi and his mother Djikulu Yunupin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djalu Gurruwiwi
Djalu Gurruwiwi, also written Djalu ( – 12 May 2022), was a Yolngu man from Arnhem Land in northern Australia, known worldwide for his skill as a player, maker and spiritual keeper of the yiḏaki (didgeridoo). He was also a respected artist, with works in several galleries. Life Gurruwiwi was born at the mission station on Wirriku Island (also known as Jirgarri), one of the smaller islands in the Wessel Islands group. He has also self-reported being born on Milingimbi Island (also known as Yurruwi, in the Crocodile Islands), with both of these island groups being off Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia. His date of birth is uncertain (the missionaries recorded his and two brothers as having the same birthdate – officially 1 January 1930), estimated 1940 or probably earlier. He was given the European name "Willie" at some point, "Wulumbuyku" was another Aboriginal name, and his skin name was Wamut. His father was Monyu Gurruwiwi and his mother Djikulu Yunu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi
Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi (1942–2020) was an internationally acclaimed Aboriginal Australian artist from Elcho Island (Galiwin'ku), an island off the coast of Northeast Arnhem Land. Gali was a Yolngu Mala leader and Gälpu clan representative, a clan group of the Dhuwa moiety, as well as a prominent member of the Galiwin'ku Uniting Church. He was best known for his Morning Star poles which have been featured in international exhibitions in London and the United States and for his unique melding of traditional Yolngu beliefs and Christian theology. Life Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi was born in 1942 (exact date is unknown) on Milingimbi Island where his family had been relocated during World War II. After the war ended, Gali and his family moved to the newly-established Methodist mission on Elcho Island. By Gali's own account, his father Gapuka was the last surviving clan member who possessed knowledge of the inner stories of the Morning Star or '' Banumbirr'' tradition. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Gurruwiwi
Leila Gurruwiwi (born 1988) is an Australian media commentator and television show producer. She is a panel member on ''The Marngrook Footy Show'' and co-producer of an up-coming reality TV show with the working title ''Dance Off'', currently being filmed in Arnhem Land. Career Gurruwiwi began her career on radio station 3KND in Melbourne. When Grant Hansen first created the popular television show ''The Marngrook Footy Show'' in 2007, he invited her to work as a reporter. Having been with the show since its inception, she is often mentioned as voicing the perspectives of two under-represented groups in the AFL community: women and Indigenous Australians. Gurruwiwi's presence on the show, along with her colleague Shelley Ware, is specifically calculated to make women feel more comfortable and represented. The situation is analogous to the dearth of Indigenous representation which spawned the original idea for the Marngrook Footy Show; 50% of AFL club memberships are held by women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunupingu
Yunupingu is the family name of a number of notable Aboriginal Australians from the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, who are closely connected with the Marika#People with the surname, Marika and Gurruwiwi families. Notable people with this name include: * Djerrku (Eunice) Yunupingu (1945–2022), artist, mother of Witiyana Marika *Galarrwuy Yunupingu (born 1948), Australian leader in the struggle for Indigenous land rights in Australia, Australian land rights, also known as Dr Yunupingu * Nancy Gaymala Yunupingu, Gaymala (Nancy) Yunupingu (1935–2005), artist *Gulumbu Yunupingu (1940s–2012), Australian artist and women's leader *Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1971–2017), aka Gurrumul, Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer in Yolngu language, Yolngu and English, also known as Dr G. Yunupingu * Malngay Yunupingu, band member of rock/reggae band East Journey *Mandawuy Yunupingu (1956–2013), Australian musician, educator and community leader, also known as Dr Yunupingu *Nyapan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marika
Marika is a feminine given name of Polish, Greek, and Japanese origin. It has its origin in the Hungarian and Greek nickname for Maria, or its Silesian diminutive "Maryjka". Marieke is the Dutch and Flemish equivalent. Marika is also a Fijian given name. Marika is also a surname of the Aboriginal Australian people of Arnhem Land known as the Yolngu. __TOC__ People with the given name *Marika Eensalu (born 1947), Estonian opera singer and music pedagogue *Marika Gombitová (born 1956), Slovak pop singer *Marika Green (born 1943), Swedish/French actress *Marika Hackman (born 1992), English nu-folk singer/songwriter *, Japanese actress and voice actress * Marta "Marika" Kosakowska (born 1980), Polish singer *Marika Kōno (born 1994), Japanese voice actress and singer *Marika Kotopouli (1887-1954), Greek actress *Marika Krevata (1910-1994), Greek actress *Marika Krook (born 1972), Finnish singer and actress *Marika Matsumoto (born 1984), Japanese actress *Marika Mitsotakis (1930–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yidaki
The didgeridoo (; also spelt didjeridu, among other variants) is a wind instrument, played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing. The didgeridoo was developed by Aboriginal peoples of northern Australia at least 1,000 years ago, and is now in use around the world, though still most strongly associated with Indigenous Australian music. In the Yolŋu languages of the indigenous people of northeast Arnhem Land the name for the instrument is the ''yiḏaki'', or more recently by some, ''mandapul''. In the Bininj Kunwok language of West Arnhem Land it is known as ''mako''. A didgeridoo is usually cylindrical or conical, and can measure anywhere from long. Most are around long. Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower its pitch or key. Flared instruments play a higher pitch than unflared instruments of the same length. History There are no reliable sources of the exact age of the didgeridoo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands. The term Indigenous Australians refers to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders collectively. It is generally used when both groups are included in the topic being addressed. Torres Strait Islanders are ethnically and culturally distinct, despite extensive cultural exchange with some of the Aboriginal groups. The Torres Strait Islands are mostly part of Queensland but have a separate governmental status. Aboriginal Australians comprise many distinct peoples who have developed across Australia for over 50,000 years. These peoples have a broadly shared, though complex, genetic history, but only in the last 200 years have they been defined and started to self-identify as a single group. Australian Aboriginal identity has cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia, with the term still in use. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territory capital, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Company captain Willem Joosten van Colster (or Coolsteerdt) sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape Arnhem is named after his ship, the ''Arnhem'', which itself was named after the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands. The area covers about and has an estimated population of 16,000, of whom 12,000 are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Two regions are often distinguished as East Arnhem (Land) and West Arnhem (Land), and North-east Arnhem Land is known to the local Yolŋu people as Miwatj. The region's service hub is Nhulunbuy, east of Darwin, set up in the early 1970s as a mining town for bauxite. Other major population centres are Yirrkala (just outside Nhulunbuy), Gunbalanya (formerly Oenpelli), Ramingining, and Maningrida. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
