Milingimbi Island
Milingimbi Island, also Yurruwi, is the largest island of the Crocodile Islands group off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.
Location
Milingimbi lies approximately 440 kilometres (270 mi) east of Darwin and 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of Nhulunbuy.[1]
History
The island was bombed by the Japanese during
Language
English is a second, third or fourth language for most Aboriginal residents of Milingimbi. A successful
Facilities
The island has its own airfield, Milingimbi Airport, with the airport call-sign YMGB, and is also the site of a Bureau of Meteorology weather station. The island also has its own ALPA (Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation) store, post office and an art gallery. Milingimbi has a community library serviced by East Arnhem Regional Council.[6]
Notable people
- Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy was a leading Aboriginal artist from the island of Milingimbi. His works are held in major museums around the world.[7]
- Tom Djäwa, an artist and community leader and elder, was part of recordings that appeared on the Voyager Golden Record, along with Mudpo and Waliparu.
- Artist David Malangi attended school at Milingimbi in his childhood.[8]
- According to one account, the noted didgeridoo maker and player, Djalu Gurruwiwi, was born at Milingimbi.[9]
- Northern Territory senior Australian of the Year 2012, Yan-nhaŋu Dictionary (1994–2012) and her work with the Crocodile Islands Rangers.[citation needed] In 1935, Baymarrwangga was photographed by Donald Thomson at Milingimbi and at Murrungga.[10]
- Danzal Baker (known professionally as 'Baker Boy') is an influential music artist hailing from Milingimbi[11]
Citations
- ^ a b c d Milingimbi 2015.
- ^ Keen 2005, p. 190.
- ^ James 2015, p. 245.
- ^ Betts 2016.
- ^ "About us | Crocodile Islands Rangers". Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Libraries". East Arnhem Regional Council. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ Mundine.
- ^ Daley 2015.
- ^ Baymarrwangga, James & Lydon 2014, p. 267.
- ^ "Baker Boy: 'I wanted to show those kids back in community that they can succeed'". the Guardian. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
Sources
- Baymarrwangga, Laurie; James, Bentley; Lydon, Jane (2014). "'The Myalls' ultimatum': Photography and Yolgnu in Eastern Arhem Land, 1917". In Lydon, Jane (ed.). Calling the Shots: Aborigional Photographies. ISBN 978-1-922-05959-8.
- Betts, Alyssa (31 May 2016). "Remembering the bombing of Milingimbi". ABC News.
- Daley, Paul (17 December 2015). "Gurruwiwi, a living Yolngu legend". The Guardian.
- James, Bentley (2009). Time and Tide: in the Crocodile Islands: Change and Continuity in Yan-hnaŋu Marine Identity (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Australian National University.
- James, Bentley (2015). "The Language of 'Spiritual Power': From Mana to Märr on the Crocodile Islands" (PDF). In Toner, Peter (ed.). North Australian Indigenous in Strings of Connectedness: Essays in Honour of Ian Keen. Australian National University. pp. 235–261.
- Keen, Ian (2005) [First published 1990]. "Ecological community and species attributes in Yolnghu religious symbolism". In Willis, Roy (ed.). Signifying Animals: Human Meaning in the Natural World. ISBN 0-203-26481-9.
- "Milingimbi". East Arnhem Land Regional Council. 2015.
- Mundine, Djon (2015). "No Ordinary Place – The Art of David Malangi". National Gallery of Australia.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.