The Djang'kawu, also spelt Djanggawul or Djan'kawu, are creation ancestors in the mythology of the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory...

East Arnhem. The first ngarra was performed by creation ancestors called Djang'kawu at the sacred site of Balma, in Yalangbara, after giving birth to the...

Marika. His name derives from the mawalan, or digging stick used by the Djang'kawu of the creation story of the Rirratjingu clan. He is (as of 2018) the...

its role in the creation story of the Rirratjingu clan, based on the Djang'kawu ancestors. In Yolŋu terminology, Yalangbara is a yaku bathala (literally...

ISBN 978-0-415-33022-0. West, Margie (7 December 2010). "Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu". Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2021. Raymond Haynes; David...

sold for US $4,298. Durrng's "first bold red, yellow, and white striped Djang'kawu painting" was inspired by a work from Paddy Dhathangu. This painting was...

siblings, the Djang'kawu, and includes artwork from three generations of Marikas depicting aspects of the story. The Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu touring...

Marika, Banduk; West, Margie (7 December 2010). "Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu". Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2021. Bissland, Emily (23...

Marika, Banduk; West, Margie (7 December 2010). "Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu". Western Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021...

at Parliament House, Canberra, along with a digging stick known as the Djang'kawu digging stick, associated with the creation story of the Yolngu people...

"Biographies". Rugs of War. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2023. "Djang'kawu Ancestors, c.1964". Deutscher and Hackett. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 31...

Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 July 2021. "Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu". Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press (CDU Press). Retrieved 25 January...

2007 "The Marika family [Exhibition notes from Yalangbara: Art of the Djang'kawu]". National Museum of Australia. 29 July 2019. "Raymattja Marika - Teacher...

Yirrkala. His name derives from the mawalan, or digging stick used by the Djang'kawu of the creation story of the Rirratjingu clan. His clan falls under the...

July 2021. Marika, Banduk; West, Margie (2008). Yalangbara : art of the Djang'kawu. Darwin, N.T.: Charles Darwin University Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780980384673...

had particular responsibility and rights for representing the story of Djang'kawu and his two sisters, ancestral creators who landed at Yalangbara and gave...

spiritual beliefs, and included Djang'kawu Story (1960) and Birth of the Djang'kawu Children of Yelangbara (1982). Djang'kawu is the founding ancestor of...

and senior member of the Rirratjingu clan, who was also custodian of Djang'kawu stories and ceremonies Ramingining artist Philip Gudthaykudthay (aka "Pussycat")...

special themes were Djambuwal the Thunderman, and the creation story of the Djang'kawu sisters. Milirrpum and his four brothers led the other clans in presenting...

Marika "The Marika family [Exhibition notes from Yalangbara: Art of the Djang'kawu]". National Museum of Australia. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2020...

side of the Yirrkala Church Panels in 1963. His painting depicts the Djang'kawu Sisters arriving at the their first camp, singing their journey across...

Yipala Bush Banana Dreaming Northern Territory 1990 Mutitjpuy Munungurr Djang’kawu Northern Territory 1991 Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri Bandicoot Dreaming...

2008. "The Marika family [Exhibition notes from Yalangbara: Art of the Djang'kawu]". National Museum of Australia. 29 July 2019. Short bios of: Mawalan...

announcing the coming of a new day. The bright light of Banumbirr guided the Djang'kawu Sisters, two ancestral beings who traveled east to west across Arnhem...

Her father was the first artist to win the award with a bark painting (Djang'kawu) in 1990, and her mother won the award in 2004 for her work Garak, the...

in his paintings. More specifically, Malangi would paint images of the Djang'kawu sisters, who were accredited with creating the Dhuwa clans, and Gurrmirringu...

Truth Finalists 2009 Joint Winners Banduk Marika – Yalangbara: art of the Djang’kawu Vivien Johnson – Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists Finalists 2008 Winner...