"first Indigenous Australian from Arnhem Land to gain a university degree."

not to mention wrote and made some rocking tracks 🙂

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-03/former-yothu-yindi-frontman-mandawuy-yunupingu-dies/4728518

Former Yothu Yindi frontman Mandawuy Yunupingu dies aged 56 – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Former Yothu Yindi lead singer Mandawuy Yunupingu has died overnight at his home in the Northern Territory. The former Australian of the Year, who was 56 years old, died at his home in Yirrkala in Eastern Arnhem Land. He had been fighting kidney disease for several years.