‘We want you to come with us on our journey, our journey of songspirals. Songspirals are the essence of people in this land, the essence of every clan. We belong to the land and it belongs to us. We sing to the land, sing about the land. We are that land. It sings to us.’ – Gay’wumirr Miyalk Mala
Wuymirri, the Whale
Djerrkŋu Yunupiŋu, a leader of the Gumatj clan shares her own versions of Wuymirri in Gumatj and Warramirri clan languages.
Artwork: Deturru Yunupiŋu (Gaymala’s god-daughter), Lamamirri-Yumbulul (1997). (The Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre archives)