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Yirrkala is a small community in the East Arnhem Region of the Northern Territory, Australia. This is the Country of First Nations peoples the Yolŋu (or Yolngu). For the multiple language groups that make up Yolŋu, connection to the Country is vital to every element of life. It is through this connection that First Nations peoples inherit ancestral knowledge, the result of epic journeys by ancestors who travelled between other communities and nations, and it is home to the ecology that sustains all living forms in a balance. For these ancient Yolŋu communities, connection to the Country …