Yunupingu

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} '''Yunupingu''', more correctly spelt '''Yunupiŋu''', is the family name of a number of notable Aboriginal Australians from the Yolŋu people, of Arnhem Land of the Gumatj clan.<ref>{{cite web | title=Yunupiŋu | website=Yolŋu Matha Dictionary | date= 9 January 2002| publisher=Charles Darwin University| url=https://yolngudictionary.cdu.edu.au/word_details.php?id=8368 | access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> People with this name are closely connected with the Marika and Gurruwiwi families.

Notable people with this name include: * Eunice Djerrkngu Yunupingu ({{circa}}1945–2022), artist, mother of Witiyana Marika *Galarrwuy Yunupingu (1948–2023), Australian leader in the struggle for Australian land rights, also known as Dr Yunupingu *Gulumbu Yunupingu (1940s–2012), Australian artist and women's leader *Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1971–2017), aka Gurrumul, Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer in Yolngu and English, also known as Dr G. Yunupingu * Malngay Yunupingu, band member of rock/reggae band East Journey *Mandawuy Yunupingu (1956–2013), Australian musician, educator and community leader, also known as Dr Yunupingu * Nancy Gaymala Yunupingu ({{circa}}1935–2005), artist *Nyapanyapa Yunupingu (born {{circa}}1945), Australian painter *Mungurrawuy Yunupingu ({{circa}}1905–1979), Gumatj leader, father of Galarrwuy, Gaymala, Gulumbu, Mandawuy, Nyapanyapa, and others * Yirrnga Yunupingu, singer/songwriter of King Stingray, and former vocalist with Yothu Yindi (son of Gurrumul) * Yalmay Marika Yunupingu (born 1956), artist and teacher-linguist at Yirrkala Community Education Centre (daughter of Mathaman Marika)

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