Word Up

Thiinma and Warriyangga man Peter Salmon explains the role his stepfather and maternal grandfather had in his life.

Annalee Pope is a descendant of Wakka Wakka people, and is passionate about inspiring younger generations to get involved in Indigenous language revitalisation.

Neenah shares three words from her father's language of Darumbal, including a word that has a very different meaning in her mother’s Gamilaroi language.

Don Rowlands is a Wangkangurru Elder who's spent the better part of his life caring for his desert country as a traditional ranger. For Word Up, he shares some Wangkangurru language including the meaning of the name Wangkangurru.

Donna is a Munaldjali and Nunukul woman whose language learning was inspired by her grandmother.

Neil Morris aka DRMNGNOW shares three Yort Yorta words —  including one that demonstrates the connection Yorta Yorta mob have between goodness and beauty.

Kayardild is the language from Bentinck Island in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria.

Paul Ah Chee shares three words from his maternal grandmother's language — Yankuntjatjara.

Learning Wiradjuri has helped Jeanine Leane process some of the things that have happened to her, and her people. 

Kaelene McMillan shares three Adnyamathna words, including the word for 'rainbow'.