Young boys and men of the White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory dance before going around the corroboree ground and marching off, to the accompaniment of singing and playing of the didgeridoo (yidaki); at the Barunga Festival, …

Young boys and men from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory dance on the corroboree ground at the Barunga Festival of 2018, raising plenty of dust; this is followed by a dance from the women; accompanied by song and the didgeridoo (yidaki).

The White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory perform, at the Barunga Festival of 2018 to the song “Mimi - Wajbagada”, a song about the mythical Mimi spirit, accompanied by the didgeridoo (yidaki).

The White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory perform at the Barunga Festival, 2018. The group, adults and children, march onto the corroboree ground and the women dance first, followed by the men and boys, to the accompaniment of …

Men and women from Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory perform dances at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island), off the northern coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Numbulwar, East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances, including the brolga dance, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory sing the “God Song” and perform dances of a Christian religious nature; at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory sing and perform dances associated with fire, sunrise and the land; at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Torres Strait islander students, boys and girls from Djarragun College, perform a dance from Mabuiag Island in the central Torres Strait, during the Townsville Cultural Fest.

Djarragun College students from the Torres Strait islands perform traditional dances during the Townsville Cultural Fest. This is a mixed group of boys and girls from different islands. The dance is from Boigu Island, in the far north of the Torres Strait. The song is by Afa Anau …

Djarragun College students from the Torres Strait islands perform a dance from Badu Island, in the Central Western Torres Strait, during the Townsville Cultural Fest. The song is called “Gumi Rangadh”.

Torres Strait islander boys, students from Djarragun College, march onto the stage during the Townsville Cultural Fest. They perform the “Paddle Dance” from Boigu Island (just south of Papua New Guinea), in the far north of the Torres Strait; the song, “Kutau Gutha Thia”, …

Boys from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns in north Queensland, Australia, perform the "Kab Kar", a traditional dance from Mer (Murray Island) in the eastern Torres Strait Islands, at the Townsville Cultural Fest in 2010. They wear the "dhari" headdress made …

Boys from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns in north Queensland, Australia, perform traditional dances from Mer (Murray Island) in the eastern Torres Strait Islands, at the Townsville Cultural Fest in 2010. They are accompanied by drumming and singing.

Men from Barunga (formerly known as Bamyili) in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory enter Lajamanu on the occasion of the Northern Territory achieving self-government on 1 July 1978; they go through the new police station and perform a dance, typical of southern Arnhem …

Men from Lajamanu, an Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert are painted up and perform "purlapa", men's corroboree, at dusk. This was recorded with an old 8 mm film camera, so the technical quality is poor.

Scenes during the Rodeo in 1978 at Seven mile in Lajamanu, a Warlpiri Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert. There is horse and bull riding, "catch the greasy pig" for the kids and a school food stall. This was recorded …

Women of the Warlpiri people from Central Australia perform a traditional dance at the yearly Cultural Festival in Barunga, an Aboriginal community 80 kilometres from Katherine.

A Welcome song and dance by young girls from Thurday Island, in the Torres Strait Islands, at the start of the Croc Festival, a festival with participants of indigenous schools in northern Queensland, held on Thursday Island in 2001.