Yalangbara is a coastal area in the East Arnhem (Miwatj) region of Australia's Northern Territory, around south of Nhulunbuy, the largest town in the area. It is on the country of the Rirratjingu clan of the Yolŋu people, and is one of the most significant cultural areas for the Yolŋu because of its role in the creation story of the Rirratjingu clan, based on the Djang'kawu ancestors. In Yolŋu terminology, Yalangbara is a yaku bathala (literally "big name"), a term for a general area that comprises various named localities, comprising the area south of Yirrkala including the Yalangbara Peninsula (also known as the Port Bradshaw Peninsula or Port Bradshaw) as well as Lalawuy Bay, adjacent coastline and the nearby islands such as Wapilina Island. It covers around of land and coastal waters. However, the name can be applied to different areas, depending upon context; it may refer to the small beach site related to the Djang'kawu myth (see below), or the whole eastern side of the peninsula. Geography Yalangbara covers around of almost untouched land and coastal waters. It lies around south of Nhulunbuy, the largest town in East Arnhem Land. The main beach, known as Yalangbara beach (or just Yalangbara, depending on context), is a white sand beach located on Yalangbara Peninsula (also known as the Port Bradshaw Peninsula or Cape Arnhem Peninsula) and faces east into the Gulf of Carpentaria. The community of Bawaka is also located on this peninsula. The area is dominated by one of the largest coastal dune systems in the Northern Territory, at long, up to wide, from to high, running down the centre of the peninsula. Access is via a bush track from Yirrkala. Aboriginal significance Yalangbara lies within the country of the Rirratjingu clan of the Yolŋu people. In Yolŋu terminology, Yalangbara is a yaku bathala (literally "big name"), a term for a general area that comprises various named localities, comprising the area south of Yirrkala including the Yalangbara Peninsula, aka Port Bradshaw (Peninsula) as well as the nearby islands, Lalawuy Bay and adjacent coastline. Yalangbara beach is important as the first site the mythical Djang'kawu siblings, two female and one male, reached on the Australian mainland. The sisters were the custodians of ceremonial law, and carried with them their digging sticks (mawalan), feathered headwear and sacred objects hidden in their basket and mats. The objects changed into various landforms along their