Yothu Yindi

Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for "child and mother", pronounced Template:IPAc-en, natively Template:IPA) are an Australian musical group with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members, formed in 1986 as a merger of two bands formed in 1985 – a white rock group called the Swamp Jockeys (Todd Williams, Michael Wyatt, Cal Williams, Stuart Kellaway, Andrew Bellety), and an unnamed Aboriginal folk group consisting of Mandawuy Yunupingu, Witiyana Marika, and Milkayngu Mununggur. The Aboriginal members came from Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in Northern Territory's Arnhem Land. Founding members included Stuart Kellaway on bass guitar, Cal Williams on lead guitar, Andrew Belletty on drums, Witiyana Marika on manikay (traditional vocals), bilma (ironwood clapsticks) and dance, Milkayngu Mununggurr on yidaki, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on keyboards, guitar, and percussion, past lead singer Mandawuy Yunupingu and present Yirrnga Yunupingu on vocals and guitar.

The band combines aspects of both musical cultures. Their sound varies from traditional Aboriginal songs to modern pop and rock songs, where they blended the typical instruments associated with pop/rock bands, such as guitars and drums, with the traditional yidaki (didgeridoo) and bilma (clap stick). They adapted traditional Yolngu dance performances to accompany their music. More broadly, they promoted mutual respect and understanding in the coming together of different cultures.

Yothu Yindi's most widely known song, "Treaty", peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA singles charts in 1991 and the related album Tribal Voice peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA albums charts.

The group established the Yothu Yindi Foundation in 1990 to promote Yolngu cultural development, including from 1999 producing the annual Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures and from May 2007 running the Dilthan Yolngunha (meaning "Healing Place"). Chairman of the foundation was Galarrwuy Yunupingu. He was Mandawuy's older brother, a Yolngu clan leader and sometimes a member of Yothu Yindi on bilma and guitar. Galarrwuy had been named Australian of the Year in 1978 for his work for Aboriginal communities and Mandawuy was Australian of the Year for 1992 for his work with Yothu Yindi. In December 2012, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) inducted the band into the ARIA Hall of Fame, as part of the ARIA Music Awards of 2012. In 2023, the band were inducted into the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame.

Career

1986–1990: Early years

Swamp Jockeys were formed in 1985 by balanda (European/non-Aboriginal people) Todd Williams songwriter and lead singer, Michael Wyatt, songwriter and lead singer, Andrew Belletty on drums, Stuart Kellaway on bass guitar and Cal Williams on lead guitar.<ref name="ARDb"/> On their tour of Arnhem Land, in Australia's Northern Territory, they were supported by a Yolngu band composed of Witiyana Marika on manikay (traditional vocals), bilma (ironwood clapsticks) and dance, Milkayngu Mununggurr on yidaki (didgeridoo), Gurrumul 'The Guru' Yunupingu on keyboards, guitar and percussion, and Bakamana Yunupingu on vocals and guitar. They united to form Yothu Yindi (pronounced Template:IPAc-en).<ref name="McF">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="ARDb">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Howl">Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Yothu yindi is a Yolngu matha (Yolngu language) kinship term for "child and mother".

The band combines aspects of both musical cultures. Their sound varies from traditional Aboriginal songs to modern pop and rock songs in which they blend the typical instruments of pop/rock bands, such as guitars and drums, with the traditional yidaki and bilma. They have adapted traditional Yolngu dance performances to accompany their music. More broadly they promote mutual respect and understanding of different cultures.<ref name="McF" /><ref name="Howl" /> Michael Wyatt, from the Swamp Jockeys, went on to become Yothu Yindi's pilot and with Stephen Johnson made Yothu Yindi's multiple award winning music video clips. He was also stage manager on Australian tours and their tour to the New York's World Music festival.

Bakamana Yunupingu was a tertiary student studying to become a teacher. He became principal at his own Yirrkala Community School, and touring by Yothu Yindi was restricted to school holidays in the band's early years.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Howl"/> In August 1988 they performed in Townsville, Queensland, at the South Pacific Festival of Arts. The next month they represented Australia in Seoul, South Korea at the Cultural Olympics. Bart Willoughby (ex-No Fixed Address, Coloured Stone) joined on drums in late 1988 and Yothu Yindi toured USA and Canada as support act to Midnight Oil. Upon their return to Australia, they were signed to Mushroom Records, and with Leszek Karski (ex-Supercharge) producing, recorded their debut single "Mainstream", released in March 1989. It was followed by debut album Homeland Movement in May; a second single "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" was released in August.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> Neither their singles nor album had any major chart success.<ref name="AusCharts">Peaks of albums in Australia: The award-winning film clip was made by Michael Wyatt and Stephen Johnson of Burrundi Pictures.* All except noted: Template:Cite web* Homeland Movement, Birrkuta – Wild Honey and Garma: Template:Cite Ryan</ref> Yothu Yindi toured with Neil Young in Australia, then head-lined in Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong. In 1990 they toured New Zealand with Tracy Chapman, and then performed in festivals in the UK.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Howl"/> In 1990 five clans of the Yolngu formed the Yothu Yindi Foundation to promote Yulngu cultural development.<ref name="YYF">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Heal">Template:Cite web</ref> Chairman of the foundation was Galarrwuy Yunupingu,<ref name="Heal"/> Mandawuy's older brother, a Yolngu clan leader and sometimes a member of Yothu Yindi on bilma and guitar.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Howl"/><ref name="YYF"/> Galarrwuy had been named Australian of the Year in 1978 for his work for Aboriginal communities.<ref name="Heal"/> Around this time, a relative of Bakamana who bore the same name died, and he therefore changed his first name to Mandawuy, in line with Yolngu tradition.

The band commissioned their friend and relative (married to Gurrumul's sister), master yiḏaki-maker Djalu Gurruwiwi, to make their didgeridoos, which also brought his skills to the attention of the world.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1991–1992: "Treaty" and Tribal Voice

In 1988, as part of Bicentennial celebrations, Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke visited the Northern Territory for the Barunga festival where he was presented with a statement of Aboriginal political objectives by Galarrwuy Yunupingu and Wenten Rubuntja.<ref name="Barunga">Template:Cite web</ref> Hawke responded to the Barunga Statement with a promise that a treaty would be concluded with Indigenous Australians by 1990.<ref name="Barunga"/> By 1991, Yothu Yindi were Hughie Benjamin on drums, Sophie Garrkali and Julie Gungunbuy as dancers, Kellaway, Marika, Mununggurr, Gurrumul Yunupingu, Makuma Yunupingu on yidaki, vocals, bilma, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Mangatjay Yunupingu as a dancer.<ref name="McF"/> Mandawuy, with his older brother Galarrwuy, wanted a song to highlight the lack of progress on the treaty between Aboriginal peoples and the federal government. Mandawuy recalls:

"Treaty" was written by Australian musician Paul Kelly and Yothu Yindi members Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Williams, Gurrumul Yunupingu, Mununggurr and Marika.<ref name="APRA2001">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ASCAP">Template:Cite web</ref> The initial release had little interest,<ref name="Howl"/> but when Melbourne-based dance remixers Filthy Lucre's Gavin Campbell and Robert Goodge adapted the song, their version peaked at No. 11 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) singles charts by September.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="AusCharts"/> The song contains lyrics in both English and in Yolngu matha. It was accompanied by a video showing band members performing vocals, music, and dance.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Howl"/>

Success for the single was transferred to the related album Tribal Voice which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA albums charts,<ref name="AusCharts"/> The album, produced by Mark Moffatt for Mushroom Records, was released in September 1991.<ref name="ARDb"/> Mandawuy Yunupingu took leave of absence from his duties as principal to tour and promote the single and album.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Howl"/> Other singles from the album were a re-released "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" which peaked at No. 13 in 1992 and "Tribal Voice" which peaked at number 51.<ref name="AusCharts"/>

At the 1992 ARIA Awards Yothu Yindi won awards for ARIA Award for Best Cover Art for Tribal Voice by Louise Beach and Mushroom Art; ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year for "Maralitja" (maralitja is Yolngu matha for crocodile man – one of Mandawuy's tribal names), "Dharpa" (dharpa is tree), "Treaty", "Treaty (Filthy Lucre remix)" and "Tribal Voice" by David Price, Ted Howard, Greg Henderson and Simon Polinski; ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release for Tribal Voice; ARIA Award for Song of the Year and Single of the Year for "Treaty.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ARIAlist">Template:Cite web</ref> Both "Treaty" in 1992 and "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" in 1993 charted on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play singles charts, with "Treaty" peaking at No. 6,<ref name="BillS">Template:Cite web</ref> Tribal Voice peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart in 1992.<ref name="BillA">Template:Cite web</ref>

In October 1992, then Prime Minister Paul Keating's government awarded Yothu Yindi with a $30,000 grant.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Hayw">Template:Cite book</ref> The money was used to travel to New York, where they performed at the United Nations for the launch of International Year for the World's Indigenous People.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Hayw"/> Mandawuy Yunupingu was named Australian of the Year by the Keating government on 26 January 1993.<ref name="McF"/> His older brother, Galarrwuy had been named Australian of the Year in 1978 for his work for Aboriginal communities.<ref name="Heal"/>

In 2009 'Treaty' was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia Registry.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1993–2000: Continued success

At the 1993 ARIA Awards, Yothu Yindi won 'Best Video', Burrundi Pictures Michael Wyatt and Stephen Johnson, directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson, and 'Best Indigenous Release' for "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" and 'Engineer of the Year' for Greg Henderson's work on "Djäpana" and "Tribal Voice".<ref name="ARIAlist"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Yothu Yindi's third album Freedom was released in November 1993, the line-up included Mandawuy, Gurrumul, Makuna and Mangatjay Yunupingu, Marika, Williams, Kellaway, Benjamin and Munumggurr; and new members Banula Marika on vocals and dance, Bunimburr Marika on yidaki, Natalie Gillespie on vocals, Jodie Cockatoo Creed on vocals and clan leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu on bilma and vocals.<ref name="McF"/> After intense touring in 1994, Williams left Yothu Yindi and was replaced by Colin Simpson on guitar, they added Ben Hakalitz (ex-Not Drowning Waving) on drums and Baruka Tau-Matagu on keyboards. Gurrumul Yunupingu had left by 1995 to live full-time on Elcho Island, he later formed Saltwater Band to record three albums, and in 2008 released his self-titled solo album.<ref name="Howl"/> Yothu Yindi's fourth album Birrkuta (birrkuta means wild honey) was released in August 1996.<ref name="McF"/>

"I Am Australian" is a popular song written in 1987 by Dobe Newton of The Bushwackers and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers.<ref name="APRA IAmAustralian">Template:Cite web</ref> It was released as a single in 1997 by trio Judith Durham of The Seekers, Russell Hitchcock from Air Supply and Yothu Yindi's Mandawuy Yunupingu by EMI Australia and it peaked at No. 17 on the ARIA Singles Charts in June.<ref name="IAmAustralianCharts">Template:Cite web</ref>

Yothu Yindi's fifth album One Blood was released in 1999 and included "Treaty '98".<ref name="McF"/> They sponsored the Yothu Yindi Foundation, which produces the annual Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures celebrating Yolngu culture from 1999,<ref name="YYF"/> and their sixth album Garma was released in 2000,<ref name="Howl"/> with Cal Williams returning on guitars.<ref name="Band">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2000, Yothu Yindi performed at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games.<ref name="Howl"/>

On 9 August 2000, 30-year-old Betsy Yunupingu was kicked in the head. She subsequently died, Yothu Yindi band member Gavin Makuma Yunupingu was found guilty of "committing a dangerous act causing death" and in June 2002 he was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment at Berrimah Jail, Darwin.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref name="Jury">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Jailed">Template:Cite news</ref> Gavin is the son of Galarrwuy and nephew of Mandawuy.<ref name="Jury"/><ref name="Jailed"/>

2001–2020

In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th-anniversary celebrations, named "Treaty" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.<ref name="APRA2001"/><ref name="Kruger">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2003 Yothu Yindi toured through Northern Territory schools with Mandawuy Yunupingu, yidaki players Gapanbulu Yunupingu and Nicky Yunupingu, and Kellaway using songs, storytelling and open discussions to inspire and encourage some of Australia's most vulnerable young people to attend school and stay healthy. The Yothu Yindi Foundation in May 2007 established the Dilthan Yolngunha (Healing Place) using traditional healing practices and mainstream medicines.<ref name="YYF"/><ref name="Heal"/> On 23 July 2008 a 23-year-old woman was stabbed numerous times; "yidaki" player N. Yunupingu, who was described by Northern Territory police as the offender, was later found dead by hanging.<ref name="NYunupingu">Template:Cite news</ref> N. Yunupingu was the nephew of both Galarrwuy and Mandawuy Yunupingu, and, as members of Yothu Yindi, they had just played a concert for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd some hours before the stabbing of the woman, who was admitted to hospital, and N. Yunupingu's subsequent death.<ref name="NYunupingu"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2009, News.com.au reported that Yothu Yindi lead singer Mandawuy Yunupingu needed a kidney transplant. Yunupingu said he drank up to four cartons of alcohol a day. "Alcohol was a big influence in my life. I didn't know what harm it did to my body. Before I knew, it was too late," he said.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, Yothu Yindi were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, with Peter Garrett (then a former member of Midnight Oil) and Paul Kelly introducing the group.<ref name="ARIAHoF">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="McCabe">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Middleton">Template:Cite news</ref>

ARIA Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand, Denis Handlin said "On behalf of the ARIA Board it is with great honour that we induct Yothu Yindi into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Yothu Yindi created a special place in the Nation's heart through their passionate and ground breaking music. Their achievements remain a lasting heritage in both our community and overseas and we look forward to celebrating their induction at the ARIAs in is what is sure to be a magic moment".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The group were joined by Garrett, Kelly, Jessica Mauboy and Dan Sultan to perform "Treaty" at the ceremony.<ref name="Condon">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2019 Double J"s Dan Condon described this as one of "7 great performances from the history of the ARIA Awards."<ref name="Condon"/>

The "best of" compilation, Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi), was released in November 2012 which included the new track "Healing Stone", produced by Andrew Farriss of INXS.

On 2 June 2013 lead singer M. Yunupingu died of renal failure.<ref name="ABC News">Template:Cite news</ref> In line with Yolngu cultural protocols, on 4 June 2013 the family requested that the first names of the deceased no longer be used until further notice.<ref name="YothuYindi">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2015 they collaborated with rock-reggae band East Journey on a project called The Genesis Project, which included an EP<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a performance at the National Indigenous Music Awards 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project

In 2017, inspired by the 25th anniversary remix of "Treaty (Filthy Lucre remix)",<ref name=razor/> some of the original members of Yothu Yindi, along with several new artists, created an electronica project entitled Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project (YYATTP<ref name=musicfeeds>Template:Cite web</ref>). Longtime members Witiyana Marika, Malngay Yunupingu and Stuart Kellaway were joined by blues singer Yirrmal (Marika's son), vocalists Yirrnga Yunupingu and Constantina Bush (aka Kamahi Djordon King), multi-instrumentalist Ania Reynolds (director of Circus Oz) and guitarist Megan Bernard,<ref name=themusic/> while the Filthy Lucre duo Nick Coleman and Gavin Campbell worked on mixing and production.<ref name=mabo2019/>

The group played on ABC Radio's The Friday Revue and at the Homeground festival at the Sydney Opera House, which celebrates Indigenous culture (November 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>), and created a hip hop version of Treaty with Baker Boy. Inn January 2018 they were booked to play at the Enmore Theatre with The Herd.<ref name=themusic>Template:Cite web</ref> They also played Strawberry Fields Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival at the opening night of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games,<ref name=razor>Template:Cite web</ref> continuing live performances into at least March 2019, including a tour to New Zealand,<ref>Template:YouTube (29 April 2019) "Filmed live across Australia and New Zealand, between November 2017 and March 2019."</ref><ref name=musicfeeds/> playing on Waitangi Day 2019 in Auckland.<ref name=mabo2019/>

The group have been described as a "fluid collective", with other musicians quite often joining them on stage. Shane Howard, frontman of the band Goanna, has regularly played with them.<ref name=musicfeeds/> They released the Yothu Yindi song "Mabo" for the first time as a single in April 2019.<ref name=mabo2019>Template:Cite web</ref>

2021–present

On 26 June 2021, Yothu Yindi played at the Yarrapay Festival, which was directed by Witiyana Marika, at Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre in Yirrkala, along with the Andrew Gurruwiwi Band, Yirrmal, and East Journey.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In August 2023, Yothu Yindi were inducted into the NIMAs (National Indigenous Music Awards) Hall of Fame for their trailblazing contribution to Indigenous music and the rights of First Nations people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=rangiah2023>Template:Cite web</ref>

Members

Arranged alphabetically:<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="Howl"/> Template:Divcol

• Andrew Belletty  – drums
• Hughie Benjamin  – drums
• Jodie Cockatoo Creed  – vocals
• Matt Cunliffe  – keyboards
• Sophie Garrkali  – dancer
• Natalie Gillespie  – vocals
• Julie Gungunbuy  – dancer
• Ben Hakalitz  – drums
• Robbie James  – guitar
• Stuart Kellaway  – bass guitar
• Banula Marika  – vocals, dance
• Bunimburr Marika  – yidaki (didgeridoo)
• Witiyana Marika  – manikay (traditional vocals), bilma (ironwood clapsticks), dancer
• Milkayngu Mununggurr  – yidaki
• Tom Neil  – harmonica/triangle player
• Buruka Tau-Matagu  – keyboards
• Cal Williams  – guitar
• Bart Willoughby  – drums
• Galarrwuy Yunupiŋu  – vocals, bilma, guitar (died 2023)
• Gapanbulu Yunupiŋu  – yidaki
• Gavin Makuma Yunupiŋu  – yidaki, bilma, vocals
• Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupiŋu  – keyboards, guitar, percussion, yidaki, vocals (died 2017)
• Mandawuy Yunupiŋu  – singer-songwriter, guitar (died 2013)
• Malngay Kevin Yunupiŋu  – yidaki, bilma, dancer, vocals
• Mangatjay Yunupiŋu  – dancer
• Narripapa Nicky Yunupiŋu  – yidaki, dancer (died 2008)

Collaborations and impact

Many other musicians apart from Paul Kelly have collaborated or performed with Yothu Yindi, including Jimmy Barnes, Billy Thorpe, members of the Grateful Dead,<ref name=rangiah2023/> Midnight Oil, Neil Young, Santana,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Emma Donovan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Dhapanbal Yunupiŋu, daughter of Mandawuy Yunupiŋu, is a singer-songwriter, who credits the band with providing inspiration to many young Yolngu musicians. Among these are the band King Stingray, whose line-up includes Mandawuy's nephew, Yirrŋa Yunupingu, as lead vocalist, and Stuart Kellaway's son Roy Kellaway on guitar.<ref name=rangiah2023/>

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums with chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		AUS <ref name="AusCharts"/>
Homeland Movement	Released: 1989 Label: Mushroom (D19520) Format: LP, CD, Cassette	59
Tribal Voice	Released: September 1991 Label: Mushroom (D30602) Format: CD, Cassette	4	ARIA: 2× Platinum<ref name="AusCharts"/>
Freedom	Released: November 1993 Label: Mushroom (D93380) Format: CD, Cassette	31
Birrkuta – Wild Honey	Released: November 1996 Label: Mushroom (D93461) Format: CD	92
One Blood	Released: July 1998 Label: Mushroom (MUSH33229 2) Format: CD	43
Garma	Released: August 2000 Label: Mushroom (MUSH33282 2) Format: CD	66

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums with chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		AUS <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)	Released: November 2012 Label: Festival (LMCD0212) Format: CD, CD+DVD, digital download	88

Extended plays

List of EPs

Title	Details
The Genesis Project (East Journey featuring Yothu Yindi)	Released: February 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Label: East Journey Format: Digital download

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions							Certifications	Album
		AUS <ref> "Mainstream": Template:Cite web "Djapäna" and "Treaty": Template:Cite web "Tribal Voice" & "World Turning": Template:Cite book "Community Life": Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="aus2">Template:Cite web N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>	BEL (FL) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	GER <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	NL <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	SWI <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	UK <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	US Dance <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1989	"Mainstream"	115	—	—	—	—	—	—		Homeland Movement
	"Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	"Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)"	11	9	—	29	33	72	6	ARIA: Gold<ref name="ARIA Full Accreditations List">Template:Cite web</ref>	Tribal Voice
1992	"Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" (radio mix / re-release)	13	—	—	—	—	—	27	ARIA: Gold<ref name="ARIA Full Accreditations List"/>
	"Tribal Voice"	51	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	"World Turning"	56	—	—	—	—	—	—		Freedom
1994	"Timeless Land"	148	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Dots on the Shells" Template:Small	141	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	"Superhighway"	138	—	—	—	—	—	—		Birrkuta – Wild Honey
1998	"Treaty 98" (with Peter Maffay)	—	—	44	—	—	—	—		One Blood
	"Mainstream" (featuring Liam Ó Maonlaí)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	"Community Life"	99	—	—	—	—	—	—		Garma
	"Romance at Garma"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	"Healing Stone"<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)
2015	"Ngarrpiya (Octopus)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Genesis Project
2018	"Treaty '18" Template:Small	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		align="left" Template:N/a
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Awards

• 1991 – Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Songwriting Award for "Treaty".<ref name="human2">Template:Cite web</ref>

ARIA Awards

Yothu Yindi has won eight Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards from 14 nominations.<ref name="ARIAAwardList">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ARIA1992">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ARIA1993">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ARIA1994">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref name="ARIA1995">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ARIA1997">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2012 they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.<ref name="ARIAHoF"/>

Template:Awards table |- | | 1990 || Homeland Movement || Best Indigenous Release || Template:Nom |- | rowspan="6"| 1992 || Louise Beach / Mushroom Art – Tribal Voice || Best Cover Art || Template:Won |- | | Tribal Voice || Best Indigenous Release || Template:Won |- | rowspan="2"| "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" || Best Video || Template:Nom |- | | Single of the Year || Template:Won |- | | "Treaty" || Song of the Year || Template:Won |- | | David Price, Ted Howard, Greg Henderson, Simon Polinski
(for "Maralitja", "Dharpa", "Treaty", "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)", "Tribal Voice") || Engineer of the Year || Template:Won |- | rowspan="3"| 1993 || "Djapana" || Best Indigenous Release || Template:Won |- | | Stephen Maxwell Johnson – "Djapana" || Best Video || Template:Won |- | | Greg Henderson – "Djapana", "Tribal Voice" || Engineer of the Year || Template:Won |- | | 1994 || Freedom || Best Indigenous Release || Template:Nom |- | | 1995 || "Dots on the Shells" (with Neil Finn) || Best Indigenous Release || Template:Nom |- | | 1997 || Birrkuta – Wild Honey || Best Indigenous Release || Template:Nom |- | | 2012 || Yothu Yindi || ARIA Hall of Fame || Template:Yes2 Template:End

Deadly Awards

The Deadly Awards, (commonly known simply as The Deadlys), was an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. They ran from 1996 to 2013. Template:Awards table |- | 1997 | themselves | Band of the Year | Template:Won |- | 1999 | themselves | Band of the Year | Template:Won |- | 2000 | Garma | Album of the Year | Template:Won |- | 2001 | Yolngu Boy Template:Small | Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score | Template:Won |- Template:End

National Indigenous Music Awards

The National Indigenous Music Awards recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from throughout Australia. They commenced in 2004.

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National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognise contributions to the live music industry in Australia.

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Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Yothu Yindi won three awards in that time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Awards table (wins only) |- |rowspan="3"| 1992 |rowspan="3"| Yothu Yindi | Rock Performer of the Year | Template:Won |- | Australian Performer of the Year | Template:Won |- | Australian Showbusiness Ambassador | Template:Won Template:End

External links

• Template:Official website