In a new book, 40 First Nations writers and thinkers share their favourite, or significant words from their own languages: words of belonging and connection.
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The Wiradjuri woman will be feted at this year’s Australian Open for her remarkable career. But this is also an opportunity for truth-telling.
A new study unlocks the mysteries of ancient burial marker trees made by Wiradjuri people in southeastern Australia.
Stan Grant’s new book, The Queen is Dead, is revealing in terms of his decision to step down from public life. ‘I have been reminded what it is to come from the other side of history,’ he writes.
Ngár-go (Fitzroy), Quo-yung (Richmond), Yálla-birr-ang (Collingwood), and Bulleke-bek (Brunswick), are just some of the Woiwurrung names uncovered in the notebooks of a 19th century anthropologist.
NSW Nationals’ leader Troy Grant has broken new ground by speaking Wiradjuri in parliament and at his party’s election launch – and it reflects a growing Indigenous language revival in NSW.
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Associate Professor of History, Deakin University
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Professor of Linguistics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University
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DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Sport History, Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies, The University of Queensland
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Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi Traditional Custodian, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor of Anthropology, University of Denver
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University
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Research Associate, The University of Melbourne
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Wiradjuri Traditional Custodian, and Aboriginal Communities Officer at Central Tablelands Local Land Services, Indigenous Knowledge
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Honorary Professor in Arts and Sciences UWA, The University of Western Australia