Buku-Larrnggay Mulka

Buku-Larrnggay Mulka

Buku-Larrngay Mulka is one of Australia’s most dynamic and vibrant Aboriginal Art Centres. It is located in the Aboriginal community of Yirrkala on the coast of Northeast Arnhem Land at the very top of Australia, about 700km east of Darwin.


‘Buku-Larrŋgay’ in Yolŋu language means “the feeling on your face as it is struck by the first rays of the sun”. ‘Mulka’ is a sacred but public ceremony.
The region is tropical and has Australia’s highest frequency of lightning strikes; during the wet season as many as 880 strikes have been recorded in a single weekend.

The Art Centre itself was established in 1975 and supports the people of Yirrkala as well as more than 20 homelands in the region.

Artists working at Buku-Larrngay Mulka, including Nyapanyapa Yunupingu and Nonggirrnga Marawili, are especially well known for their bark painting and memorial poles – ‘Larrakitj’ – made from hollow Stringybark logs (Eucalyptus tetradonta).

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MANINI GUMANA, Garrapara, 2019
  • earth pigments on Stringybark hollow pole
  • 1870mm H x 210mm W
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DJATJI GARRAWURRA, Gara – String Figure, 2010
  • etching on Hahnemuhle 300gsm paper
  • 665mm H x 390mm W
  • 890mm H x 630mm W (frame)
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DHUKUMUL WANAMBI, Bathi – String Figure, 2010
  • etching on Hahnemuhle 300gsm paper
  • 665mm H x 390mm W
  • 890mm H x 630mm W (frame)
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MULUYMULUY WIRRPANDA, Yalata , 2021
  • ochre and earth pigments on bark
  • 840mm H x 450mm W
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MANINI GUMANA, Garrapara, 2022
  • natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 550mm H x 350mm W
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MANINI GUMANA, Garrapara, 2022
  • natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 535mm H x 355mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUNMURRA, Buyku, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigment on bark
  • 800mm H x 385mm W
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LAMANGIRRA GUMANA, Garrapara, 2022
  • ochre, sand and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 1135mm H x 480mm W
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DJURRAYUN MURRINYINA, Wukili, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 580mm H x 385mm W
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DJURRAYUN MURRINYINA, Wukili, 2023
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 780mm H x 600mm W
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DJURRAYUN MURRINYINA, Wukili, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 950mm H x 330mm W
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DHUWARRWARR MARIKA, Yalanbara, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on board
  • 610mm H x 510mm W
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DHUWARRWARR MARIKA, Yalanbara, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on board
  • 610mm H x 510mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUŊMURRA, Buyku, 2023
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 1250mm H x 400mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUŊMURRA, Untitled, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 785mm H x 290mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUŊMURRA, Buyku, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 575mm H x 285mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUNMURRA, Buyku, 2021
  • ochre and natural pigments on board
  • 610mm H x 700mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUŊMURRA, Buyku, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 550mm H x 280mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUŊMURRA, Buyku, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 1560mm H x 560mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUŊMURRA, Buyku, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 800mm H x 385mm W
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUŊMURRA, Buyku, 2023
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 875mm H x 320mm W
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MULUYMULUY WIRRPANDA, Gumbu, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 1030mm H x 545mm W
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MULUYMULUY WIRRPANDA, Bulwutja, 2022
  • ochre and natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 920mm H x 655mm W
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Dawurr, 2023
  • incised aluminium / found road sign
  • 600mm H x 450mm W
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Gudultja, 2021
  • natural pigments and black sand on Stringybark
  • 1430mm H x 560mm W
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Gudultja, 2019
  • natural pigments and black sand on acrylic panels
  • 515mm H x 1325mm W (9 pieces)
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Dawurr, 2024
  • incised aluminium / found road sign
  • 720mm H x 470mm W
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Dawurr, 2023
  • incised aluminium / found road sign
  • 850mm H x 450mm W
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Dawurr, 2024
  • incised aluminium / found road sign
  • 850mm H x 450mm W
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Garrapara, 2023
  • natural pigments on Stringybark
  • 900mm H x 435mm W
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