# Yunupingu

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'''Yunupingu''', more correctly spelt '''Yunupiŋu''', is the family name of a number of notable [Aboriginal Australians](/source/Aboriginal_Australians) from the [Yolŋu](/source/Yol%C5%8Bu) people, of [Arnhem Land](/source/Arnhem_Land) of the [Gumatj](/source/Gumatj) clan.<ref>{{cite web | title=Yunupiŋu | website=Yolŋu Matha Dictionary | date= 9 January 2002| publisher=[Charles Darwin University](/source/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](/source/Marika) and [Gurruwiwi](/source/Gurruwiwi) families.

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

==See also==
*''[Commonwealth v Yunupingu](/source/Commonwealth_v_Yunupingu)''
*[Dr Yunupingu (disambiguation)](/source/Dr_Yunupingu_(disambiguation))

==References==
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