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Yothu Yindi Foundation plans to build new school at Garma Festival site – ABC News
Garma was cancelled this year due to coronavirus. But out of its void, an ambitious plan has been brewed to build a new, didgeridoo-shaped bilingual school on the site of the annual festival.
Standing in an empty paddock at the Garma festival site, Murphy Yunupingu spans his arms wide wide enough to take in full scope of his bold, costly and nostalgic new vision.
Key points:
- The new independent school would teach in both English and Yolngu Matha
- It would be a reboot of an East Arnhem college that closed down in 1979
- A Gumatj educator wants to see it opened to coincide with Garma 2021
The vision is for a new school, a reboot of an old school, his o…
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