Territory Stories

Wirliyajarrayi

Details:

Title

Wirliyajarrayi

Creator

Nakamarra, Janet

Illustrator

Nakamarra, Janet

Translator

Nangala, Connie

Collection

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

Date

1979

Location

Willowra

Abstract

A book about life at Willowra.

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.

Language

English; Warlpiri; Warlpiri language C15

Subject

Narrative; Jalanguwarnu; LAAL; Warlpiri; Bilingual education resources; Warlpiri people C15; Warlpiri language C15; Warlpiri; Lander Warlpiri; Ngalia; Walbiri; Walmalla; Walpiri; Waneiga; Warlmala; Walpiri; Alpira; Alpiri; Elpira; Ilpara; Ilpira; Ilpirra; Nambulatji; Njambalatji; Ulperra; Wailbri; Walbrai; Walbri; Waljbiri; Waljpiri; Walpari; Warrabri; Wolperi; Wolpirra; Walbiri; Waibry; Nambutj; Nambutju; Nambutj; Waibri; Walbiri; Albura; Boonara; Bunara; Buruwatung; Ipara; Jalpiri; Kolo; Kukuruba; Manggai; Munga; Nambuda; Nanbuda; Ngadi; Ngali; Ngaliya; Ngallea; Ngallia; Ngardi; Ngari; Ngarilia; Ngarliya; Warrmarla; Warnayaka; Ngardilypa; Yarlpiri; Njalia; Ooldean; Panara; Puruwantung; Waiangadi; Waiangara; Waingara; Wakirti Warlpiri; Walmala; Walmanba; Wanaeka; Wanajaga; Wanajaka; Wanajeka; Wanayaga; Warangari; Waringari; Warniaka; Warramulla; Wawilja; Wommana; Woneiga; Nam bulatji; Wal bri

Publisher name

Yuendumu School Press

Place of publication

Yuendumu

File type

application/pdf

Other identifier

cdu:42219; LAAL_ID:wa0474

ISBN

908099150

Use

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Copyright owner

Yuendumu School Press

License

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

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/881330

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/881831

Page content

WIRLIYAJARRAYI 11 Written and Illustrated by Janet Nakamarra Long at Willowra English translation by Connie Nangala and Nancy Napurrula at Yuendumu On off pay week, the people from here got ready to go camping out north to -Pi narlingi Bore. They went in small cars, five of them headed north. Dad and Mum put their things in the car. Dad put bullets in his rifle. Mum put her digging stick and billycan in the car. Thev got into the car and they were on their way to camping out. Dad, Mum and mv two sisters and brothers and my brother's wife and their daughter and son. My grandfather and grandmother went in the big truck. Some other people went in front. We got to p Lnarlingi Bore when the sun was getting down. We made our camp before we went to sleep. We made fires around the camp so that the snakes would not come. When the sun rose we woke up. Dad and Mum went hunting. Dad went hunting tor kangaroo. Mum went hunting tor some bush potatoes and for goannas. My two sisters went hunting for goannas and for bush berries. Mv brother and (us wile cooked damper and tea and thev were waiting at the camp with their t wo kids.