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Yolngu clans are
affiliated with
either the
Dhuwa (also
spelt Dua) or the
Yirritja moiety.
Prominent Dhuwa clans include the Rirratjiŋu and Gälpu
clans of...
- are
either Yirritja or Dhuwa: Fish, stone, river, sea etc.,
belongs to one or the
other moiety.
Things that are not
either Dhuwa or
Yirritja are called...
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clans sharing similar dialects, were
organised according to the
Dhuwa and
Yirritja (Jiritja) moieties.
Their ethnonymic identity as a
unified group was based...
- Gawerin, and Joe, was born in
North Eastern Arnhem Land c. 1935 with a
Yirritja moiety,
where he was an
Indigenous Australian artist,
cultural leader,...
- are
Wagilak and
Manggura (of the
Dhuwa moiety), and Ritharrŋu (of the
Yirritja moiety). The Ritharrŋu
language is a Yolŋu
Matha language. In
modern times...
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native tongue.
According to
linguist Robert M. W. Dixon,
Dialects of the
Yirritja moiety are (a)
Gupapuyngu and Gumatj;
Dialects of the
Dhuwa moiety are...
- the
Ritharrngu people, one of
several Yolngu peoples: (a)
Ritharnggu (
Yirritja moiety), and (b)
Wagilak language (Dua moiety). The
Manggurra (the other...
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stories from our old people, not only my people, but everyone, all
Dhuwa and
Yirritja, we are not
making this up. I want you to
listen to me Government. I know...
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Yolngu clans are
divided into two moieties, Dua, also
known as Dhuwa, and
Yirritja.
According to the story, the
sisters only
travel through Dua territory...
- of the
Yirritja moiety,
including Mungurrawuy Yunupingu,
Birrikitji Gumana, and
Narritjin Maymuru, who
painted the
other sheet with
Yirritja designs...
