Territory Stories

Mr Kentishnha walala Ŋayathaŋala

Details:

Title

Mr Kentishnha walala Ŋayathaŋala

Other title

They captured Mr Kentish

Illustrator

Dayŋ'kuli

Collection

Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Project; PublicationNT; E-Books

Date

1979

Location

Milingimbi

Provenance

This material was collected by the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Project between 2013 and 2021. The project was led by Charles Darwin University in partnership with the Australian National University and the Northern Territory Government and funded in part by the Australian Research Council.; Efforts have been made to identify and contact the person or people responsible for creating these materials to request permission to include them in this archive. If you have any concerns about materials being made public on this site, please contact us and we will remove the item from display until any concerns have been addressed.

Notes

Title translated by Professor Michael Christie.; Rev. Leonard Kentish was captured and killed by the Japanese in 1943, off the Arnhem Land coast.

Language

Gupapuyŋu; Gupapuyngu language N122.1

Subject

Memoir; history; LAAL; Gupapuy?u; Bilingual education resources; Gupapuyngu language N122.1; Gupapuyngu people N122.1; Gobabingo; Gobabuinga; Gobabwingo; Gobabwingu; Gobabwinnggu; Gobawingu; Gubabingu; Gubabuyngu; Gubawingu; Gupabwingu; Gupapuy?u; Kopapiugo; Kupapuingu; Kupapuyungu; Kupapuyngu; Duwala; Gababoinu; Kopapingo; Kopapoingo; Koparpingu; Dajoror; Gupapuynyngu

Publisher name

Milingimbi Literature Production Centre

Place of publication

Milingimbi

File type

application/pdf

Other identifier

cdu:33742; LAAL_ID:mi0039

Use

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial International 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Copyright owner

Milingimbi Literature Production Centre

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/876227

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/876325

Page content

Ga b u la g itj. Ga dhipuuru oayl dhwu djuy'yurruna, nhakuna wanha'yurruna walala Bpawa dhlpuuru Darwinuru. B itja rra walala, "Wanha d h iya li bpa, yku Mr Kentish? Dhiyala nhuma mrrama, nhakuna m ata'- marama b ir i t j in a ." Ga walalanydja bi tja rra beourunydja Djapadja, "Wanha! Yaka napurru margl," ga h itja rra walalanydja. Ga walala dhipuuru b it ja r r a , "Yakai Dhikayi, uli nhuma mata'marama. Lakarama nhuma dhu. Bpa unhi, m inister napurruogu." Ga walalanydja Djapadja mala waana b it ja r r a , "Yaka napurru marogi. Dhika by."