Djambatj Dhukarr – Walking the Road to Excellence Together

Thursday, May 28, 2026, 03:55 AM | Source: Pursuit

Yalmay Yunupiŋu, Bernadette Murphy

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Our communities – the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne and the Yambirrpa Schools of Yirrkala and Laynhapuy Homelands in Northeast Arnhem Land – have walked a shared path for more than 15 years.

We came together with a simple idea: that teacher candidates from Melbourne could learn on Yolŋu Country through placements in bilingual classrooms.

Yolnu Melbourne education exchange
Yolŋu educators joined staff and students at Sydney Road Community School (SRCS) in Brunswick. L-R: Djiman Yunupiŋu, Lyv Knee, Romiritj Bromot, Charlotte Tinker (SRCS student), Bianca Sargeant (SRCS Educator), Bamuruŋgu Munuŋgurr, Gathapura Munuŋgurr. Picture: Supplied

University of Melbourne students arrived expecting to teach. Instead, they discovered a Yolŋu education system grounded in gurruṯu (kinship), deep cultural authority and

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