hye-young on Europe and managed
annealing mr. Vardhan d gujja Macmillan
yay
yeah encouraging nalang naviga Cora Cora
Janka region now Longoria Cora Cora
where yay hello I am well I’m happy to
see you and this is numb our country we
are sitting in today and we are in my
Dandi country where Dandi is one of the
many clans we have across our noon our
country I would like to pay respects and
honor my ancestors from long ago and I
also want to pay respects to my elders
past and present
no now Buju knowing our country no no
wonky know our language no no as you
know now is a language no no represents
a people that live in the south west of
Western Australia normal also refers to
a geographical location situate in the
southwest of Australia encompassing 14
clans of what we call today the new
nation it was not always called the new
our nation previous research has shown
that with it was what’s called the Bible
mination hence we have the bittleman
trek these are our clans we have 14 in
total we have three remaining dialects
that exist today ongoing research
conducted the team at the noon our body
language center situated in modern-day
country suggests there could have been
up to more than 15 dialects
nah-ah language is the largest
geographical location of one language in
Australia we have $35,000 to date and it
is our job to revive maintain our
language for our future generations we
want to empower our people for the
future when our people to stand proud
and say yes I am new now we want our
people to stand proud and say yes I do
belong to this country no no people went
through many changes over the past years
as we all know history tells us this
noon hour people enjoyed many hardships
and to orderin into in order to empower
nation we’re going to look at what
disempowered our people normal language
at one time was forbidden it was
considered a bad thing but today we
wanted to ensure that I know how people
are going to learn their language and to
empower them to give that sense of
belonging there are five pillars in
society in young our family land
spirituality law and reciprocity family
family the family word for a new mom is
Mort what means people also today we
also unknown by relationships where a
brother sister mother father auntie
uncle cousins grandparents each term
that is spoken in English actually
defines what we do in our family circles
what we do amongst our social gatherings
and what we do amongst our friends an
auntie has a responsibility and
or rent parents have responsibilities
and knowing our people had those terms
among our language Mort is family
what means everyone it’s an extended
family I have seen evidence where none
our people have started to reconnect to
family speaking the language of the past
having that identity and self-esteem
restored back into the next generation
[Music]
we look at land whale up whale ups is
situated on the coast of Bumbry on this
stretch of land the ocean is called the
we’re done we’re done is the area where
our knowing our people once buried but I
know how people passed on it was
tradition that they were buried along
the sea now way up is a place of
mourning this is where we can identify
it through language what this word
actually means and what level of knowing
our country do we know about we’re all
here we’re all sitting on redundant
country and what’s amazing is that once
you know this you have a responsibility
to look even further you have a unique
country that has never found anywhere
else in this world we have a unique
language that can never spoken anywhere
else in this world because it would not
have any meaning when we speak language
on country here it connects us through
spirituality spirituality none our
people are very spiritual we have totems
totems are items or animals that present
represent our families and my mother’s
side I have a totem of the younger the
kangaroo it is believed that else when
our people pass on this totem comes back
to reveal itself to us and to show
there’s a sign of someone
passed on in the norm our community on
my father’s side I have a totem up the
little green frog when there is bad news
and when there is something happening
that little frog that little queer will
turn up and he will sit at our doorstep
or at a campsite I said something’s
going on in the community we also have
signs of weather storms misty rain misty
rain is sorry rain it’s amazing that we
have all these different meanings behind
and purposes behind the elements that we
see amongst knowing our country
introducing new our language on knowing
our country allows you to look at a
country in a different way we’re not
looking at buildings we’re not looking
at roads we’re not looking at cars and
trucks things that get in the way we’re
looking deeper and further down into the
core of the earth we’re looking at
rivers that had names the Swan River for
instance in Perth is called the Darryl
boy year again well our Warragul the big
Rainbow Serpent our dream time serpent
created the waterways rots ruining our
country no eyes believe he is a
caretaker and that looks after our
country but also there is responsibility
of burning our people as carers as
custodians of our land to ensure our
spiritual beings are looked after and
cared for spirituality and language is
an amazing thing when you go out on
country and you speak Thai and yarn
Aragon you okuru not on your corner on
barren bulla bulla Cora no no courage
and below hello my ancestors my spirits
I bring my friends here and introduce
them to you and for you to care for them
on country and as we saw we had a
welcome to country
allowing you to be safe on our lands and
allow you to be a part of a Dundee
country today we have many cleanse many
different dialects each clan has its own
unique protocols to country when we
stand on someone’s country we always
acknowledge the elders the community
before we allow to speak on someone
else’s land we have places like Perth
what Jack country if I was to travel
from here to what your country I will
stand up and say I acknowledge the what
Jack elders past and present on whose
land I stand here today that shows
people that I have respect for their
land in their people today we are
looking at the law lor II is a law that
is traditional for knowing our people
there was a governance for thousands and
thousands and thousands of years this
law had not changed this law governing
our people for generations and
generations and this law was not
negotiable you were obligated to do
something he couldn’t ask why
you just did it because if you didn’t
you wouldn’t show respect to your elders
you start breaking L aw the other law
which is our Lord about your rules and
regulations and how you conduct yourself
in your family in your outer circle with
your friends and across others in
different clans welcome to a country
also installs that part of law your
protocols how you conduct yourself when
laws were broken there were severe
consequences in new our country I
believe bringing those language concepts
about law
about protocols about welcome to country
speaking and language could be a healing
process for many of our people that were
taken away from land that were forbidden
to speak their language that lost that
belief in our spiritual system when I go
out on country you cannot describe the
feeling you feel when you start talking
in language there’s something that
happens in here
and it’s just amazing feeling and to
take your children nieces and nephews
family on country talk about the
kangaroo you are cool or cool and guy
did you younger but I call my younger
come here children come and look at this
young guy he’s a big kangaroo that one
and kids listen very intently when you
start speaking in language there’s
something that’s like it’s a haze that
comes over us when we speak our language
I was told recently when I speak my
language I light up there’s something
that draws something out of me and I
really appreciated that comment and I
should thank that person for seeing that
in me that I would not necessarily have
seen myself reconnecting our knowing our
kids back to country seeing dance on the
land seeing songs dancing our corroboree
bringing back the old traditional values
that’s what held everything together
language was the glue that attached
everything together takeaway language
you take away all those terms all those
things that kept us as a united
governing group
reintroducing language back on country
to empower people again to make you feel
like you belong and we all want to
belong don’t we we all want to be a part
of something today I invite you all here
you can be a part of a Dundee country
today you can be a part of using our
language today you can learn their
language when you start to reconnecting
with another person through language and
culture it’s an amazing bond that we
have you create a different group of
friends you have that respect for one
another it’s an amazing what can happen
when we learn about each other
and how unique we are just to celebrate
those differences that we have amongst
each other be pretty boring for all the
same weren’t we yeah reciprocity sharing
exchanged exchanging for something else
don’t how people grew up with obligation
its I am obliged to share my language
with you because you’re on one of our
country and for you in return I expect
you to walk in my shoes to learn from me
to learn from my oldest but also to be
part of my family and when you become
part of my family we both have a
responsibility together today you’re not
just strangers you are my Mort as I’ve
been researching new language for a long
time someone called me the other day and
said Charmaine do you have a word for
people mmm Mort
family do you have a word for community
so they’re looking through some research
Mort family and I said that’s quite
general isn’t it yes it is but we all
can be family we all can be a part of
the collective group in redundant
country and across there many clans that
you walk across so don’t be scared to
learn about your backyard your spiritual
connection to country I was privileged
working with our elders recording and
documenting stories documenting
Dreamtime stories of how creation was
developed how our people were formed how
a language was formed and to sit and see
an elder have that faraway look in their
eye that showed me that elder was
reminiscing I said a word to one of
these elders and I lost there for that
moment
she liked she went to dream time she
just disappeared for that one split
second and I said auntie would happen
she said it just took me back to a place
when I was a child took me back to a
place when I was happy took me back to a
place for my dad my mom used to tell
stories for that moment she became that
little girl at that time at that moment
she started to be empowered and I
allowed her by listening to her asking
questions and looking at her as a person
that has the knowledge giving that
respect back to our old people our old
people are very very important they have
so much to give us so much experiences
we can learn a lot from our old people
of all people are the ones that hold
that knowledge but we need to take time
for our elders in our community to
reconnect with them I’ve had many
opportunities in those many years for 20
years of language and I’ve seen families
come together younger generations taking
time out to listen to the old people and
you start to see a change slowly it’s
not going to happen overnight it’s going
to mean it may it may take a generation
it may take two generations but if we
start early with that little cool anger
our children they’re never going to
experience the loss of language because
we give it to them straight away they’re
never going to fear the trauma that is a
touch to language which is something is
a blessing to me they never undergo
strict rules don’t speak your language
and children today are the next
generation they’re our next speakers
even for other languages around the
world our languages are as only as good
as a next generation and I implore you
those that do have another language
embrace it as much as you can because
that’s your identity that’s who you are
and if we embrace our wayand entity
we’re going to empower ourselves on
country we’re going to empower next
generation not to be ashamed of who they
are but to stand tall hold your head up
high and be proud yes I’m proud to be
another woman
I am proud that I am relearning my
language
I am so inspired to hear my mum today
speak language my mum had to relearn her
language at a later part in her life and
this began to heal her all the things
that happened in her in her past so
again we are a family today we are Mort
we can learn so much from each other
so continue your language can continue
to maintain it because once it’s gone
you’ll feel that loss and the deep
regret so I am proud to stand here today
to say that knowing our language is
reviving it’s moving and I open have an
open invitation for you to all come
along and share and to learn with us
because together we can empower another
generation
another group of children other new
elders in our community I’d like to
thank you for taking your time to come
here and to hear about my story about
and I know our people thank you
[Applause]
annealing mr. Vardhan d gujja Macmillan
yay
yeah encouraging nalang naviga Cora Cora
Janka region now Longoria Cora Cora
where yay hello I am well I’m happy to
see you and this is numb our country we
are sitting in today and we are in my
Dandi country where Dandi is one of the
many clans we have across our noon our
country I would like to pay respects and
honor my ancestors from long ago and I
also want to pay respects to my elders
past and present
no now Buju knowing our country no no
wonky know our language no no as you
know now is a language no no represents
a people that live in the south west of
Western Australia normal also refers to
a geographical location situate in the
southwest of Australia encompassing 14
clans of what we call today the new
nation it was not always called the new
our nation previous research has shown
that with it was what’s called the Bible
mination hence we have the bittleman
trek these are our clans we have 14 in
total we have three remaining dialects
that exist today ongoing research
conducted the team at the noon our body
language center situated in modern-day
country suggests there could have been
up to more than 15 dialects
nah-ah language is the largest
geographical location of one language in
Australia we have $35,000 to date and it
is our job to revive maintain our
language for our future generations we
want to empower our people for the
future when our people to stand proud
and say yes I am new now we want our
people to stand proud and say yes I do
belong to this country no no people went
through many changes over the past years
as we all know history tells us this
noon hour people enjoyed many hardships
and to orderin into in order to empower
nation we’re going to look at what
disempowered our people normal language
at one time was forbidden it was
considered a bad thing but today we
wanted to ensure that I know how people
are going to learn their language and to
empower them to give that sense of
belonging there are five pillars in
society in young our family land
spirituality law and reciprocity family
family the family word for a new mom is
Mort what means people also today we
also unknown by relationships where a
brother sister mother father auntie
uncle cousins grandparents each term
that is spoken in English actually
defines what we do in our family circles
what we do amongst our social gatherings
and what we do amongst our friends an
auntie has a responsibility and
or rent parents have responsibilities
and knowing our people had those terms
among our language Mort is family
what means everyone it’s an extended
family I have seen evidence where none
our people have started to reconnect to
family speaking the language of the past
having that identity and self-esteem
restored back into the next generation
[Music]
we look at land whale up whale ups is
situated on the coast of Bumbry on this
stretch of land the ocean is called the
we’re done we’re done is the area where
our knowing our people once buried but I
know how people passed on it was
tradition that they were buried along
the sea now way up is a place of
mourning this is where we can identify
it through language what this word
actually means and what level of knowing
our country do we know about we’re all
here we’re all sitting on redundant
country and what’s amazing is that once
you know this you have a responsibility
to look even further you have a unique
country that has never found anywhere
else in this world we have a unique
language that can never spoken anywhere
else in this world because it would not
have any meaning when we speak language
on country here it connects us through
spirituality spirituality none our
people are very spiritual we have totems
totems are items or animals that present
represent our families and my mother’s
side I have a totem of the younger the
kangaroo it is believed that else when
our people pass on this totem comes back
to reveal itself to us and to show
there’s a sign of someone
passed on in the norm our community on
my father’s side I have a totem up the
little green frog when there is bad news
and when there is something happening
that little frog that little queer will
turn up and he will sit at our doorstep
or at a campsite I said something’s
going on in the community we also have
signs of weather storms misty rain misty
rain is sorry rain it’s amazing that we
have all these different meanings behind
and purposes behind the elements that we
see amongst knowing our country
introducing new our language on knowing
our country allows you to look at a
country in a different way we’re not
looking at buildings we’re not looking
at roads we’re not looking at cars and
trucks things that get in the way we’re
looking deeper and further down into the
core of the earth we’re looking at
rivers that had names the Swan River for
instance in Perth is called the Darryl
boy year again well our Warragul the big
Rainbow Serpent our dream time serpent
created the waterways rots ruining our
country no eyes believe he is a
caretaker and that looks after our
country but also there is responsibility
of burning our people as carers as
custodians of our land to ensure our
spiritual beings are looked after and
cared for spirituality and language is
an amazing thing when you go out on
country and you speak Thai and yarn
Aragon you okuru not on your corner on
barren bulla bulla Cora no no courage
and below hello my ancestors my spirits
I bring my friends here and introduce
them to you and for you to care for them
on country and as we saw we had a
welcome to country
allowing you to be safe on our lands and
allow you to be a part of a Dundee
country today we have many cleanse many
different dialects each clan has its own
unique protocols to country when we
stand on someone’s country we always
acknowledge the elders the community
before we allow to speak on someone
else’s land we have places like Perth
what Jack country if I was to travel
from here to what your country I will
stand up and say I acknowledge the what
Jack elders past and present on whose
land I stand here today that shows
people that I have respect for their
land in their people today we are
looking at the law lor II is a law that
is traditional for knowing our people
there was a governance for thousands and
thousands and thousands of years this
law had not changed this law governing
our people for generations and
generations and this law was not
negotiable you were obligated to do
something he couldn’t ask why
you just did it because if you didn’t
you wouldn’t show respect to your elders
you start breaking L aw the other law
which is our Lord about your rules and
regulations and how you conduct yourself
in your family in your outer circle with
your friends and across others in
different clans welcome to a country
also installs that part of law your
protocols how you conduct yourself when
laws were broken there were severe
consequences in new our country I
believe bringing those language concepts
about law
about protocols about welcome to country
speaking and language could be a healing
process for many of our people that were
taken away from land that were forbidden
to speak their language that lost that
belief in our spiritual system when I go
out on country you cannot describe the
feeling you feel when you start talking
in language there’s something that
happens in here
and it’s just amazing feeling and to
take your children nieces and nephews
family on country talk about the
kangaroo you are cool or cool and guy
did you younger but I call my younger
come here children come and look at this
young guy he’s a big kangaroo that one
and kids listen very intently when you
start speaking in language there’s
something that’s like it’s a haze that
comes over us when we speak our language
I was told recently when I speak my
language I light up there’s something
that draws something out of me and I
really appreciated that comment and I
should thank that person for seeing that
in me that I would not necessarily have
seen myself reconnecting our knowing our
kids back to country seeing dance on the
land seeing songs dancing our corroboree
bringing back the old traditional values
that’s what held everything together
language was the glue that attached
everything together takeaway language
you take away all those terms all those
things that kept us as a united
governing group
reintroducing language back on country
to empower people again to make you feel
like you belong and we all want to
belong don’t we we all want to be a part
of something today I invite you all here
you can be a part of a Dundee country
today you can be a part of using our
language today you can learn their
language when you start to reconnecting
with another person through language and
culture it’s an amazing bond that we
have you create a different group of
friends you have that respect for one
another it’s an amazing what can happen
when we learn about each other
and how unique we are just to celebrate
those differences that we have amongst
each other be pretty boring for all the
same weren’t we yeah reciprocity sharing
exchanged exchanging for something else
don’t how people grew up with obligation
its I am obliged to share my language
with you because you’re on one of our
country and for you in return I expect
you to walk in my shoes to learn from me
to learn from my oldest but also to be
part of my family and when you become
part of my family we both have a
responsibility together today you’re not
just strangers you are my Mort as I’ve
been researching new language for a long
time someone called me the other day and
said Charmaine do you have a word for
people mmm Mort
family do you have a word for community
so they’re looking through some research
Mort family and I said that’s quite
general isn’t it yes it is but we all
can be family we all can be a part of
the collective group in redundant
country and across there many clans that
you walk across so don’t be scared to
learn about your backyard your spiritual
connection to country I was privileged
working with our elders recording and
documenting stories documenting
Dreamtime stories of how creation was
developed how our people were formed how
a language was formed and to sit and see
an elder have that faraway look in their
eye that showed me that elder was
reminiscing I said a word to one of
these elders and I lost there for that
moment
she liked she went to dream time she
just disappeared for that one split
second and I said auntie would happen
she said it just took me back to a place
when I was a child took me back to a
place when I was happy took me back to a
place for my dad my mom used to tell
stories for that moment she became that
little girl at that time at that moment
she started to be empowered and I
allowed her by listening to her asking
questions and looking at her as a person
that has the knowledge giving that
respect back to our old people our old
people are very very important they have
so much to give us so much experiences
we can learn a lot from our old people
of all people are the ones that hold
that knowledge but we need to take time
for our elders in our community to
reconnect with them I’ve had many
opportunities in those many years for 20
years of language and I’ve seen families
come together younger generations taking
time out to listen to the old people and
you start to see a change slowly it’s
not going to happen overnight it’s going
to mean it may it may take a generation
it may take two generations but if we
start early with that little cool anger
our children they’re never going to
experience the loss of language because
we give it to them straight away they’re
never going to fear the trauma that is a
touch to language which is something is
a blessing to me they never undergo
strict rules don’t speak your language
and children today are the next
generation they’re our next speakers
even for other languages around the
world our languages are as only as good
as a next generation and I implore you
those that do have another language
embrace it as much as you can because
that’s your identity that’s who you are
and if we embrace our wayand entity
we’re going to empower ourselves on
country we’re going to empower next
generation not to be ashamed of who they
are but to stand tall hold your head up
high and be proud yes I’m proud to be
another woman
I am proud that I am relearning my
language
I am so inspired to hear my mum today
speak language my mum had to relearn her
language at a later part in her life and
this began to heal her all the things
that happened in her in her past so
again we are a family today we are Mort
we can learn so much from each other
so continue your language can continue
to maintain it because once it’s gone
you’ll feel that loss and the deep
regret so I am proud to stand here today
to say that knowing our language is
reviving it’s moving and I open have an
open invitation for you to all come
along and share and to learn with us
because together we can empower another
generation
another group of children other new
elders in our community I’d like to
thank you for taking your time to come
here and to hear about my story about
and I know our people thank you
[Applause]
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