These are passed to future generations by adherence to strict traditional methods and education, including a means to help them embrace the wider Australian community.

[8] These services include: Shepherdson College is a bilingual school, teaching around 700 students ranging from birth to year 12 in Djambarrpuyŋu and English.

Harold Shepherdson, known as "Bäpa Sheppy" built the first school building with the help of Yolngu people, including one of Ella's first students.

[15] The performance was recorded and uploaded to YouTube on 2 November of that year; in six weeks the video received more than 360,000 views, averaging 8,000 a day.

[16] Due to this success the group toured parts of Queensland and performed in the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney in June 2008.

Elcho Island Arts supports Yolŋu artists in sharing their culture and allows them to derive an income from selling their artworks.

It provides assistance in production and professional development for both emerging and established artists from Galiwin'ku and the surrounding Marthakal homelands, and helps to promote and distribute Yolngu art.

In 2018, Elcho Island Arts was relaunched under the direction of senior artists Ganambarr, Manany, Burarrwanga, and Gurruwiwi.

In 2018 a coin, thought to be from the medieval Kilwa sultanate on the east coast of Africa was found on a beach on Elcho Island by archaeologist and member of the Past Masters, Mike Hermes.

The song was later covered by Christine Anu and she performed her rendition at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games.