Word Up

It's the essence of life; everything constellates around it — up in far north Queensland we even made music with it.

Ngadju man Les Schultz takes us to the southern Goldfields to share the traditional name of Lake Cowan.

We learn the Darkinyung words for water, child and possum - and why they're particularly meaningful to our guest.

For the past few years Deb and Philip have been on a quest to compile a word list of Yuwibara language from multiple sources.

Take a look back with past guests John Graham, Kylie Bracknell, and David Prosser to see why language is such an important part of their lives.