Media Type: Prominent People

November 11, 2025

Warren Foster

Warren Ngarrae Foster is a respected Djiringandj/Yuin, cultural knowledge-keeper, artist, and storyteller from Wallaga Lake on the South Coast of New South…

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Aunty Edith Campbell

Edith Campbell was a respected matriarch of Uncle Bill Campbell’s family remembered for her warmth, her strength and her quiet authority. Born…

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Biamanga (Jack Mumbler)

Biamanga (Jack Mumbler) was a respected Yuin Elder whose life was devoted to protecting Country and keeping cultural law strong. He was…

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Coomee Nulliga

Coomee Nulunga was a Murramarang-Yuin Elder whose life spanned a period of profound change for Aboriginal people on the Far South Coast…

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Granny Tungai

Granny Tungai was a respected Yuin Elder whose life was rooted in the coastal Country now known as the Eurobodalla region of…

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Heather Picalla

Heather Picalla (also recorded as Pickalla) was a respected Yuin Elder remembered for her gentleness, her language strength and her unwavering care…

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Mary Duroux

Mary Kathleen Duroux (née Hookwin) was born in 1934 in Bega, on Yuin Country in New South Wales, and went on to…

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Umbarra aka Merriman

Umbarra (King Merriman) (d. 1904) was a highly respected Elder of the Djiringandj branch of the Yuin Nation, whose leadership and cultural…

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Ossie Cruse

Oswald “Uncle Ossie” Cruse is a highly respected Aboriginal Elder, Christian pastor and advocate for Aboriginal rights in Australia. Born in Orbost, Victoria, he…

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Percy Davis

Percy Davis (also known by his tribal name Narramurrao) was a respected man of the Yuin people. He was born in Congo (on the…

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Welcome to the Yuin Digital Keeping Place. This website is intended to record and share information on events and people that have impacted on Yuin history, language and lifestyle. Over the coming years, we will include an even wider and richer collection of stories from Yuin Families.