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Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu (1956 - 2013)
TomDjambayang Bakamana(Mandawuy)Yunupingu
Son of Mungurrawuy Yunupingu and [mother unknown]
Brother of Gulumbu Yunupingu
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Tom was born on 17 September 1956 in Yirrkala, an Aboriginal Reserve in the northeastern part of the Northern Territory, in Australia[1].
Pemulwuy
"He was a member of the Gumatj people, one of sixteen groups of the Yolngu people." His father was Munggurrawuy Yunupingu-3 (c. 1907–1979), a Gumatj clan leader and artist[2], whose daughter, Gulumbu (1945-2012), Tom's brother (same mother, Makurrngu, of the Galpu clan), "saw the stars crying" and became an outstanding artist.
Tom attended Yirrkala Community School.
In 1977 and 1980, Tom