Remembering the Yolngu elder and former Australian of the Year There is mourning across the nation for a great man. Those who knew him well, as I did, can be in no doubt about the enormity of the loss to Indigenous Australians and to the country. There will be a vacuum of knowledge and wisdom until others can step in to fill the vast space that he inhabited. He defined a generation in so many ways, bringing Yolngu culture and philosophy into the public imagination through his ceremonial performances of the songlines, oratory, writings, and political representation of Indigenous interests, music and art.

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