A year in review: striking images of Indigenous Australia in 2016

From Rhoda Roberts lighting up Sydney harbor to Magnolia Maymuru representing the NT in Miss World Australia, and the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk-Off - 2016 has been a big year for Indigenous Australia.

Garma Festival 2016 Source: Carla Orsatti

Aboriginal dancers perform the WugulOra Morning Ceremony at Walumil Lawn at Barangaroo Reserve on January 26 celebrations in Sydney. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) Source: AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Destiny Haz performing at the Klub Koori After Party at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (Supplied) Source: Supplied

On location filming Kiara Rule for National Indigenous Television's new rebrand (NITV) Source: NITV

Australian Army Recruit Annie Johnstone of the Army Indigenous Development Program, along with other Recruits from the program, parade through the streets of Darwin during the Anzac Day 2016 celebration in the city of Darwin (Facebook/Australian Army 1st Reserve) Source: Facebook/Australian Army 1st Reserve

Primary school children from Yirrkala, NT on an excursion to the NITV studios as a part of the Hooker Family Foundation's 'Kids to the Coast' program (NITV) Source: NITV

Actor Trevor Jamieson on stage with the cast and crew of The Secret River, a mini-series that cleaned up at the Logie Awards 2016 Source: Twitter

The projection, called 'Songlines', directed by the Opera House's head of Indigenous programming, Bundjalung artist Rhoda Roberts, brought together six other Indigenous artists whose work illustrated the connections between Indigenous astronomy and the natural world. (Getty/Don Arnold) Source: Getty/Don Arnold

A woman performing at Barunga Festival in the NT (Carla Orsatti) Source: Carla Orsatti

Star of Cleverman, Hunter Page-Lochard arrives ahead of the Sydney Film Festival Opening Night Gala at State Theatre in Sydney. (Getty/Don Arnold) Source: Getty/Don Arnold

Magnolia Maminydjama Maymuru, the NT's first Miss World Australia contestant at the National NAIDOC Awards 2016 in Darwin Source: Facebook/National NAIDOC

Melbourne Referendum Council Meeting 18 -19 July 2016 (PM&C) Source: PM&C

Samantha Harris talks to a young aspiring model during the 2016 Girlfriend Priceline Pharmacy Model Search at Westfield Parramatta (Getty/Don Arnold) Source: Getty/Don Arnold

Rising music star Indigenous DJ, Curtis Kennedy aka Kuren, the deadly winner of the triple j Unearthed NIMAs award (SBS/Matthew Venables) Source: SBS

Labor shadow assistant minister for Indigenous affairs Pat Dodson attends a meeting of the shadow ministry at Parliament House in Canberra Source: AAPIMAGE/Mick Tsikas

Harold Joseph Thomas (Bundoo) wins first place at NATSIAA 2016 with stolen generations painting titled 'Tribal Abduction' (Carla Orsatti) Source: Carla Orsatti

A B Original perform at 2016 NIMA awards in Darwin (Carla Orsatti) Source: Carla Orsatti

Yolgnu Hero recipient Barayuwa Mununggurr hugs Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu (Carla Orsatti) Source: Carla Orsatti

Australia's first Indigenous beach volleyball Olympics representative, Taliqua Clancy with nail polish representing Aboriginal Australia in Rio (Getty) Source: Getty

Freedom Day Festival: Kalkaringi and Daguragu welcome people to the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Day commemorating the 1966 Wave Hill Walk Off in the NT (Facebook/Freedom Day Festival) Source: Facebook/Freedom Day Festival

Shadow Minister for Human Services Linda Burney arrives to make her maiden speech wearing a traditional kangaroo skin from the Wiradjuri nation in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra (AAP/Mick Tsikas) Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas

Protesters rallying in Federation Square, Melbourne for the #HandsOffAboriginalKids movement (Facebook) Source: Facebook

Kirra and Joanne Voller, the sister and mother of Don Dale detainee Dylan Voller, address a Rally for Justice at Town Hall in Sydney Source: AAP

A passionate fan cheers at the annual NSW Koori Knockout rugby league tournament on Leichardt Oval, Sydney (Carla Orsatti) Source: Carla Orsatti

Redfern All Blacks rugby league club 'old boys' Uncle Eric 'The Legend' Robinson and Uncle Stephen Ridgeway holding a photograph of them at the Koori Knockout circa. 1969 (Stuart Miller) Source: Stuart Miller

Ngukurr woman Angelina Joshua teaches Australia how to speak Marra with Walkley Award-winning project 'My Grandmother's Lingo' (SBS/Elise Derwent) Source: SBS

The Djaadjawan dancers of Yuin country celebrate the annual Whale 'Gawura' Festival on Vaucluse Beach, Sydney (Sydney Living Museums/Stuart Miller) Source: Stuart Miller

NITV Channel Manager, Tanya Denning-Orman addressing the World Indigenous Broadcasters Conference at SBS/NITV headquarters (Carla Orsatti) Source: Carla Orsatti

Leilla Wendburg (née Penrith) is a former Cootamundra Girls' Home resident and a part of the Stolen Generations. In early December, the NSW government committed to offering survivors of the Stolen Generations financial compensation as part of a reparation package. (Stuart Miller) Source: Stuart Miller

Behind the scenes of immersive documentary First Contact, filmed in Arnhem Land on Yolngu country (SBS/David Dare Parker) Source: SBS/David Dare Parker

Ernie Dingo on a control burn at Uluru-KataTjuta National Park (Carla Orsatti) Source: Carla Orsatti

Coming in at second place in Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation's baby competition Ganulpa's from Milingimbi little girl (Facebook/ALPA) Source: Facebook/ALPA

Sharna Rule, the Noongar girl with 8 sisters, in NITV new real life series Family Rules (NITV) Source: NITV

Replacing the 'white washed' wall that covered former Bondi mural, 'From little things big things grow' by Wiradjuri artist Paul Davis on the Wayside Uniting Church Chapel is the message, 'Always was, always will be', anticipating 2017... Source: NITV