A long-distance surfer, marchers for justice and facing the truth about frontier violence – Guardian Australia’s best pictures from around the country

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The Gumatj clan of the Yolngu people in Arnhem Land perform the Bunggul traditional dance at the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory, Australia’s most significant Indigenous cultural gathering.

Photograph: James Ross/AAP

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