CALL | Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics

Films

Ngamarnbun | Lennie Goya-airra

Kunkurra | Janet Marawarr

Kundayarr | Deborah Wurrkidj

Mandjabu | Susan Marawarr

Yawkyawk, mandjabu | Raylene Bonson

Indigenous cultural property – motivations and agency

Barbara Napanangka Martin, Margaret Carew and Georgia Curran presented a paper at the Knowledge Intersections Symposium at Batchelor Institute – Desert Peoples Centre Campus in May 2017.

Woma | Sugarbag

Crusoe Batara England and Thomas Dennis chop down a tree looking for woma ‘honey’. Unfortunately the hive is a new one, so not much honey inside, but Crusoe talks about his memories of his elders harvesting honey in the old days. Filmed at Gochan Jiny-jirra in October 2015.

Ngaltutjarra ‘poor thing’

Ngaanyatjarra linguist Lizzie Ellis explains the way that Ngaanyatjarra people use the word ngaltutjarra – to express empathy, along with facial expression and voice. Recorded in 2012 with Gail Woods and Margaret Carew, as part of the iltyemiltyem project

Ana-milerra

Katie Fry describes a place called Ana-milerra, explaining how it was created by the ancestral Goanna spirit and how people used to go there for hunting in the old days. This film is part of a project documenting the artwork of Mick Marrawa England, An-nguliny artist from Gochan Jiny-jirra.

Gomunga | Magpie goose

Dorothy Galaledba prepares gomunga ‘magpie goose’ at Nganyjuwa. Voice over by Rose Ngardiny Darcy. This film is a draft so please contact us for a password if you have permission to view.