Yothu Yindi (
Yolngu for "child and mother") were an Australian musical group with
Aboriginal and
balanda (non-Aboriginal) members, formed in 1986 as a merger of two bands formed in 1985 - a White rock group called the Swamp Jockeys and an unnamed Aboriginal folk group. The Aboriginal members came from
Yolngu homelands near
Yirrkala on the
Gove Peninsula in
Northern Territory's
Arnhem Land. Founding members included Stuart Kellaway on bass guitar, Cal Williams on lead guitar, Andrew Belletty (Drums), Witiyana Marika on
manikay (traditional vocals),
bilma (ironwood
clapsticks) and dance, Milkayngu Mununggurr on
yidaki (
didgeridoo),
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on keyboards, guitar and percussion, and leader
Mandawuy Yunupingu on vocals and guitar.