Mawuyul Yanthalawuy

Mawuyul Yanthalawuy AM is an Indigenous Australian educator and actor.

Yanthalawuy, from Elcho Island in the Northern Territory, was teaching in a pre-school in Darwin when she was chosen to play the title role in the 1980 film Manganinnie.[1] She was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress for this debut performance. Her other film and television credits include Women of the Sun (Penguin Award winner for Best Single Performance by an Actress in television), We of the Never Never, A Waltz Through the Hills, and Bedevil.[2]

Yanthalaway was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division (AM) in 1991 for service to education and to Aboriginal culture.[3][4]

References
  1. "Manganinnie, John Honey • Film Analysis • Senses of Cinema". sensesofcinema.com. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  2. "Mawuyul Yanthalawuy on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online". aso.gov.au. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. "AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS". The Canberra Times. Vol. 65, no. 20, 377. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 January 1991. p. 14. Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Ms Mawuyul Yanthalawuy". It's An Honour. Retrieved 19 May 2021.


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