Mawalan Marika

Mawalan Marika (born 1957), also referred to as Mawalan 2 Marika to distinguish from his grandfather Mawalan 1 Marika (1908–1967), is a Yolngu artist and land custodian of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

In 2010 he gave an opening address at the Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu exhibition launch at the National Museum of Australia, in which he mentioned his aunt, Banduk Marika (who was largely responsible for the creation of the exhibition), her (unnamed) son, a "great man", and his father Wandjuk. Also at this exhibition, a film made by Ian Dunlop titled In Memory of Mawalan, made in 1971 and released in 1983, was screened. The subject of the film was a ceremony organised by Wandjuk in honour of his father Mawalan, who had died in 1967, before the outcome of the Gove Land Rights Case in 1971.

Apart from his artistic career, Marika has worked in various educational, environmental protection and cultural roles at Yirrkala, and more recently at Sheperdson College on Elcho Island.