Galarrwuy Yunupingu quotes

Galarrwuy Yunupingu quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“What Australia was before is the fullest Australia has ever been... as created and made and valued by indigenous people. The white man came here and took it away, took it away and replaced it...”
-- Galarrwuy Yunupingu

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“We are at last being recognised as the indigenous people of this country whom must share in its future. This is not a day of national mourning for us. We must leave history behind us and look forward.”
-- Galarrwuy Yunupingu

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“When we paint, whether it is on our bodies for ceremony or on bark or canvas for the market, we're not just painting for fun or profit, we're painting as we always have done to demonstrate our continuing link with our country and the rights and responsibilities we have to it.”
-- Galarrwuy Yunupingu

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