Yothu Yindi

Formed:: We're not sure when - tell us? (it's easy)
Snapshot:: A Group with 8 releases, and credited once on others' music. No members known.

Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for "child and mother") are an Australian band with Aboriginal and balanda (non-Aboriginal) members formed in 1986. Aboriginal members come from Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in Northern Territory's Arnhem Land. The second single from Tribal Voice was "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" which peaked at #13 in 1992. Chairman of the foundation is Galarrwuy Yunupingu, he is Mandawuy's older brother, a Yolgnu clan leader and sometimes a member of Yothu Yindi on bilma and guitar. Galarrwuy had been named Australian of the Year in 1978 for his work for Aboriginal communities and Mandawuy was Australian of the Year for 1992 for his work with Yothu Yindi.

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