Mata Mata Heritage Films and Documentaries
Yolŋu clans travelled over their ancestral lands living with the seasons and in accordance with sacred laws. In modern times Yolŋu people created more permanent settlements on their ancestral lands. Mata Mata is one of the oldest of the modern Yolŋu homelands in North East Arnhem land. It was established after the second world war with a runway, houses and a school. It is a place of incredible physical beauty, sacred knowledge, magic and strong culture that is 50,000 years old plus.
All films and documentaries are made to support an independent social and economic base for the community that will enable its cultural heritage to be preserved and to thrive.
Mata Mata homelands is treasured by Dhuwa and Yirritja people. Its development is under the direct control of the senior members of the community. There are many places of enormous power and value to the Yolngu community in the surrounding lands.
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Dhukarr Yäkthun (Remaking the Pathway)
In loving memory of Batumbil Burarrwanga 1 Feb 1956 - 19th December 2018
This film contains the voices and images of people who have passed away.
In 1964, as a young girl of 8 years, Batumbil Burarrwaa, with her younger sisters walked with their father Gatirri Burarrwanga from their homes at M...
Extras
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Walking_the_Yolŋu_Road
Supporting Mata Mata homelands
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Mata_Mata_Bäpurru_October_ 2014_7
Manikay from the 2014 buŋul for Mrs Mary Gurruwiwi
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Goulburn Island manikay, part of the buŋul for Mrs Mary Gurruwiwi, October 2014
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Manikay performed for Mrs Mary Gurruwiwi
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Mata_Mata_Bapurru_October_2014_9
Goulburn Island Manikay performed by Galpu clan members for Mrs Mary Gurruwiwi
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Mata_Mata_Bapurru _2014_2
One of the many magnificent manikay performed at the bapurru for the distinguished leader at Mata Mata in the last weeks of October 2014.
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Batumbil_Mata_Mata_School
Batambil tells the story of how the Mata Mata school developed from home schooling to the school building that currently stands in the community. Currently because of Northern Territory Government policy the school is empty and children who want to attend school must move to a regional town or ce...
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Mata_Mata_Bäpurru_October_2014_8
Manikay performed at the bapurru for Mrs Mary Gurruwiwi at Mata Mata in the last weeks of October 2014.
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Mata_Mata_Bapurru_2014_0
One of the many magnificent manikay performed at the bapurru for the distinguished leader at Mata Mata in the last weeks of October 2014.
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Mata Mata Gi'kal 2
Aerial footage of Mata Mata and Gi'kal
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Mata Mata Gi'kal
Footage of the Mata Mata Gi'kal region
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Mata_Mata_Bapurru _October_2014_4
Manikay for Mrs Mary Gurruwiwi Mata Mata.
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Mata_Mata_Bapurru_2014_3
One of the many magnificent manikay performed at the bapurru for the distinguished leader at Mata Mata in the last weeks of October 2014.
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Mata_Mata_Bapurru_2014_1
One of the many magnificent manikay performed at the bapurru for the distinguished leader at Mata Mata in the last weeks of October 2014.
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Wurrkaḏi
Gaypalani with wurrkaḏi, a gälpu icon, made famous in art galleries across Australia in the 1990s by Gaypalani's father John Mandjuwi Gurruwiwi's exquisite paintings. See, for example, https://www.annettelarkin.com/art-detail.php?id=14274. All rights Sacred Sisters, Gurruwiwi and Burarrwanga fami...
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"We are determined to achieve our Vision": Proposal for a Yidaki University, World Peace and Harmony
Friends and relatives please note that this video contains sound and images of our beloved Ms Gurruwiwi who has passed away. We think that she would want this video to be played so that we do not forget these ideas and the vision of the Burruwiwi family. In 2008 at a workshop in Nhulunbuy, Ms Gur...
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Batumbil Burarrwaŋa, (41), excerpt from Nhanapinya Rakaranhami (How we talk to one another) James Djikula, 1997
Batumbil Burarrwaŋa, 1997
