Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy
Dick Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy (c. 1928–1982) was a leading Aboriginal artist from the island of Milingimbi off the coast of the Northern Territory of Australia. He belonged to the Djarrankuykuy clan of the Djambarrpuyngu people. During World War II he was among the group of Aboriginal men enlisted by Squadron Leader Donald Thomson for the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit to protect Australia's northern shoreline from Japanese invasion. He became an artist after the war, in the 1950s.
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Milingimbi
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Djambarrpuyngu
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World War II
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Donald Thomson
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Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit
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Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy
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1950-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1950
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1928
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1982
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