Laurie Baymarrwangga
Laurie Baymarrwangga (Gawany) Baymarrwaŋa was born (circa 1920) on Murruŋga Island (largest of the outer Crocodile Islands of North-East Arhnem Land, in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. Laurie is the Senior Aboriginal Traditional Owner of the Malarra estate, which includes Galiwin’ku, Dalmana, Murruŋga, Brul-brul and the Ganatjirri Maramba Salt Water surrounding the islands and inclusive of some 300 other named sites. She has devoted her life to the intergenerational transmission of the ancestral language and knowledge of her homelands on the Crocodile Islands for the benefit of future generations.