Artist statement: “Suddenly my life will be gone. Back to country on a one-way ticket. My people they will have to build my shelter for me at Gulpilil where I was born. I want my own ceremony, Junguan, be there. And a platform built, like that, two finger, and I’ll be lying down in the middle, in the middle of the shelter and I will remain there.”- David Gulpilil, from the film, My Name Is Gulpilil, 2021.

“This is Gulpilil. This is my mari’pulu land. The land for the Dhalthangu Mandhalpingu people. This is where my manyi (grandad) David Dhalthangu Gulpilil’s spirit was born. His spirit was made here and now his final resting place is here with his spirit living on forever.” – Lloyd Casey Garrawurra