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Aboriginal Children's Portraits from the Top End

Happy kids from the far north of the Northern Territory: Arnhem Land and the Tiwi Islands. These are all people of the sea, from the Arnhem Land communities of Maningrida, Milingimbi, Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island) and Numbulwar. Maningrida is home to a great variety of people: 14 indigenous languages are spoken here of which Ndjébbana and Burrara are the most prominent. Milingimbi and Galiwin'ku are home to Yolngu people, speaking Gupapuyngu and Djambarrpuyngu: two "Yolngu Matha" languages, very much alive. Numbulwar, on the Rose River, is Nunggubuyu country, in the south east, opposite Groote Eylandt.

The Tiwi people are a unique group, long isolated from mainland Australia, on Melville and Bathurst Island, to the north of Darwin. They speak a unique language (Tiwi) and, in spite of a strong Catholic background, retain a unique culture. As everywhere else, the children are a delight.

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Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait
Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait
Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait
Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait
Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait


 Aboriginal Child Portrait
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