Yalmay Marika-Yunupiŋu

Yalmay Marika-Yunupiŋu is an Australian Professor in Indigenous Knowledge at the University of Melbourne and the current Senior Australian of the Year for 2024. She is a gifted linguist and a qualified teacher, holding a Graduate Diploma of Teaching from Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, earned in 1996. She served as a Senior Teacher in the Bilingual Program at Yirrkala School and is a strong advocate for bilingual or 'two-way' teaching. In 2005, she was awarded the Northern Territory Government’s Teaching Excellence Award in the Remote Primary category. Her artworks have been featured in major exhibitions in Australia and the United States.

Yalmay Marika-Yunupiŋu adalah seorang Profesor Indigenous Knowledge di University of Melbourne dan Senior Australian of the Year 2024. Ia merupakan ahli bahasa berbakat dan guru berkualifikasi, dengan Diploma Pascasarjana dalam Pengajaran dari Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education pada tahun 1996. Ia pernah menjabat sebagai guru senior di program bilingual Yirrkala School dan merupakan pendukung proses belajar-mengajar dwibahasa atau 'dua arah'. Pada tahun 2005, ia dianugerahi Teaching Excellence Award oleh Pemerintah Northern Territory dalam kategori Pendidikan Dasar di Daerah Terpencil. Karya-karya seninya telah ditampilkan dalam pameran besar di Australia dan Amerika Serikat.