Yunupingu, an influential Australian Indigenous leader, is seen with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in this July 29, 2022 handout photo in Australia. Melanie Faith Dove/Yothu Yindi Foundation/Handout via REUTERS
The important Australian Aboriginal leader Yunupingu has reportedly passed away, according to international media.
According to accounts in foreign media, he was 74 years old when he passed away following a protracted illness. In the struggle for Australian Aboriginal property rights and constitutional recognition, Yunupingu is also regarded as an activist.
He received an Order of Australia medal in 1985 for his services to the Aboriginal community after being voted Australian of the Year in 1978. Yunupingu has been referred to as a “giant of the nation” by the Yothu Yindi Foundation, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has praised him, calling him a “great leader and statesman.”
Yunupingu, an influential Australian Indigenous leader, is seen with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in this July 29, 2022 handout photo in Australia. Melanie Faith Dove/Yothu Yindi Foundation/Handout via REUTERSYunupingu, an influential Australian Indigenous leader, is seen in this 2019 handout photo with Noel Pearson and Marcia Langton in Australia. Melanie Faith/Yothu Yindi Foundation/Handout via REUTERSYunupingu, an influential Australian Indigenous leader, is seen in this 2019 handout photo in Australia. Peter Eve/Yothu Yindi Foundation/Handout via REUTERS
