Mungurrawuy Yunupingu

Mungurrawuy Yunupingu
Born1907 (1907)
Died1979 (aged 71–72)
OccupationsArtist, land rights activist
Known forBark painting
Yirrkala Church Panels
Yirrkala bark petitions
Children

Mungurrawuy Yunupingu (1907–1979), known mononymously among his people as Mungurrawuy, was a Aboriginal Australian artist and leader of the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu people of northeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. He was known for his bark paintings and for his involvement in the Yirrkala church panels and the Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963.

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