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Galiwin'ku

Community profile

Galiwin'ku is a Yolngu community on Elcho Island located approximately 550 km northeast of Darwin.

For more information, see Galiwin'ku Indigenous Community.

Galiwin'ku is a Yolngu community on Elcho Island located approximately 550 km northeast of Darwin.

For more information, see Galiwin'ku Indigenous Community.

Languages

Djambarrpuyngu (majority), Galpu, Gumatj, Daatiwuy, Warramiri

Population

2,199

92.1% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)

Stories from Galiwin'ku

Galiwin'ku women get stronger through local jobs

30 November 2023

Miyalk Kitchen is providing long term jobs for women who are receiving accredited training to support their employment - helping them achieve financial independence and create intergenerational change.
Beach shore picture taken from above

Yolŋu Matha from Galiwin’ku to the McG

04 September 2023

Yolŋu Radio broadcasters made the vast trek across Australia to broadcast the annual Dreamtime at the ‘G match in Yolŋu matha. Yolŋu Radio has been broadcasting in Yolŋu matha for over twenty years, entertaining, informing and educating Arnhem land, including six major Yolŋu communities and dozens of homelands.
A woman in pale skirt and dark top stands next to a large replica of a coin, which features a hand in the middle of concentric circles, made up of black, red and blue dots. The coin is gold in colour. In the background are walls and a carpeted floor.

New Coin Commemorates Indigenous Military Personnel

28 May 2021

The Royal Australian Mint has released a new coin commemorating the service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Defence Force.
An Aboriginal woman with hair tied back wears an ochre red, white and black shirt with Aboriginal designs over the left shoulder. In the background is a white wall.

Kenisha Gurala Gumbula to become first Yolngu Lawyer

09 February 2021

On completion of her degree, Kenisha Gurala Gumbala from Galiwin’ku, will become the first qualified Yolngu lawyer.
Three children stand in front of a colourful artistic display. Each holds a children’s book open to a two page spread with paintings on the left and text on the right.

Badurru: The story of the Milky Way

15 May 2020

Students at Galiwin’ku, northeast Arnhem Land have illustrated a new book based on a traditional children’s story told in the Djambarrpuyngu Lunggurrpuy language.
Aboriginal man in blue shirt and cap with Aboriginal youth in green shirts stand on rocks at a beach with sand and trees in the background. He supports an upright bamboo barrier.

Getting children back to school using grass roots, local language activities

06 November 2018

Attendance at school and quality of learning has improved at Galiwin’ku through the Learning on Country program which features grass roots, local language activities.