For nearly two centuries Noongar language has adapted to the impacts of colonisation and survived government reserves and missions, where it was also forbidden for Noongar people to speak our language. Speaking Noongar immediately lets everyone know where we come from. The City of Rockingham has close connections with the local Aboriginal community, and these ties have been forged through our Aboriginal Advisory Group and the implementation of the recently adopted Reconciliation Action Plan 2021 - 2023. Welcome to country Whadjuk People is also the name of the registeredNative Title claim 2011. So it was burnt regularly about every year, as soon as the grass was dry, someone would light it up. Last updated: 5 December 2022 19 min read Author: Jens Korff Close this Wishing you knew more about Aboriginal culture? A "Welcome to Country" also reinforces . At Koolark we provide support for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. This Swan River is called the 'Devil Yerrigan', and in the old way, 'Derbarl Yerrigan' and Derbarl means mixing. We welcome you to the land of the Whadjuk people which we have called home since the beginning of time. It is the belief that everything is connected, the past, the present, the people, the land, the sea and all of its plants and animals; it is holistic and all-encompassing. The subject comes before the verb in English and the object follows, but in Noongar, the word order is subject object verb. For example, Langford Aboriginal Association in Perth offers regular classes in Noongar language for adults and children. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our knowledge and culture with you on a tour through Whadjuk Country. Across the river, their South Perth Walking Cultural Tour takes you through the Scented Gardens, where you'll learn about bush remedies, see Aboriginal artefacts and share traditional stories of Whadjuk Country. A Glance at the Manners, and Language of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Western Australia; With a Short Vocabulary, Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal. The booklet at the link below sets out a comprehensive set of Noongar protocols for Welcome to Country ceremonies on Noongar Land. Whadjuk is the name of Traditional Owners of the Perth region including Fremantle. Kalyokool, kalyokool.KayaFATSILC, The Federation of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Languages & Culture(Corporation). Mandurah Bridge - on the wall at the western end of the bridge's footpath is a welcome to country written in Noongar dialect. We are happy, our heart is happy to be speaking with you all. We wish to acknowledge the custodians of this land, the Wadjuk (Perth region) people of the Nyoongar nation and their Elders past, present and future. The power of stories being passed down orally is often criticized by people in today's society. We acknowledge that Murdoch University is situated on the lands of the Whadjuk and Binjareb Noongar people. It can be given by both non-Indigenous people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Much of the biodiversity in Noongar country is not found anywhere else in the world. Ngalak kadatj ngaalang nedigar wer boordiya koora-koora wer yey! The name Alira/Allira/Allyra is said to be an Aboriginal word for the common Quartz stone. We need to commit to reinvigorating our cultural heritage and teach our kurlonggur (children) so that they know where they come from, once they learn the language they can start to make that connection to their cultural identity and heritage and go forward with pride into the future.Sandra Harben, SWALSC, 2012, My name is Bianca. So trade in Nyungar country is very very old, thousands of years old.Dr Richard Walley in van den Berg, Collard, Harben and Byrne, Nyungar Tourism in the South West of Western Australia, Murdoch University, 2005. Ingrid is the founder and principal consultant of Kart Koort Wiern consultancy, representing First Nations Business globally for over ten years, and an alumni of Murdoc Once a year the Whadjuk would travel along Derbal Yarrigan (Swan River) and meet at Walyalup (Fremantle) to celebrate the country and waterway they cared for.' Each year the City celebrates such important dates like NAIDOC Week and National Reconciliation Week which celebrate the history, culture and achievements of our Whadjuk Noongar . Dyarlgarro Beeliar is known as the Canning River and Derbal Yiragan, the Perth estuary waters. Some well known places in Whadjuk boodja are: Wadjemup, now known as Rottnest Island; Ngooloormayup, now known as Carnac Island; Meeandip, now known as Garden Island; Gargangara north of Armadale; Goolamrup, now known as Kelmscott; Dyarlgarro Beelya, now named the Canning River; and Derbal Yiragan, the Perth estuary waters. Boola Katitjin is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar People. The area now known as the City of Armadale was originally occupied by the Noongar people many thousands of years before European settlement. Lowanna. Pinjarup Noongar would trade the following items at the Mandura: Burdun: a light gidgee, highly prized for the elasticity of the timber. Durda-dyer: a skin of a dingo tail, worn on the upper part of the forehead as an ornament. Ngow-er: a small tuft of feathers tied to a stick and worn in the hair for ornamentation. Niggara: a human hair girdle worn around the waist. These provide knowledge, transferable skills and employability to build relationships between industry, government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups. Throughout the Whadjuk Region there are a range of significant Noongar sites. And we come and look there and talk to you old fellow. Research and content by Jason Barrow. We look forward to welcoming you to Wadjemup / Rottnest Island soon. Ngaalak nyinya nyinyak, baalang ngiyan waarn wara ngaalang. In 1992 the first Noongar Dictionary produced by Noongar people was compiled and published by Rose Whitehurst for the Noongar Language and Cultural Centre. Here are some Noongar words for you to practice. Ngany kurt, ngany karla our heart, our home. The Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation welcomed fighters competing on UFC 284 in Perth. Contact us. They reckoned that in the wintertime, it was cold, see, and these fellas who used to hunt up in the bush, they brought some things down, clothing and stuff (yongka booka [kangaroo skin cloaks]). In the 20th century, if a Noongar person wanted to become a citizen, he or she had to renounce their Noongar identity and were not permitted to speak their language or communicate with family or friends. The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council are producing posters in Noongar language. Any individual can perform an Acknowledgment of Country, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. Traditional Owner: A person recognised as a member of a dialect group whose lands lie within the region; that is, they are accepted by the community as belonging to one of the relevant families, primarily though socially validated genealogical connections. We acknowledge our Ancestors and Elders from long ago until today. ancient Noongar life as it was since the beginning of time, through stories, song and ceremonies. Also used during ceremonies. 1.3% of the City identify as Noongar, Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander peoples. TheReconciliation Australia website is another example. Yacker Danjoo Ngala Bidi means "Working Together Our Way" in Whadjuk Noongar language, and the agreement is set to be signed by Noongar Elders and City representatives on August 10. Metadata Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Education Services Australia Ltd 2012 (except where otherwise indicated). Our program focuses on preserving the karlup (home or heart country) and the traditional knowledge of Noongar people. The Principal is seeking to appoint a Contractor to undertake construction of landscape, playground, electrical and irrigation works at Mary Carroll Park, Gosnells. An Acknowledgment of Country is a way of demonstrating awareness of and respect for Aboriginal protocols and for the Aboriginal people on whose land an occasion is being held. To celebrate the opening of the new space at the State Buildings, KAMIL GALLERY is pleased to invite you to the VIP opening of CIRCLE CULTURE, solo exhibition by Caroline Christie - Coxon. Whadjuk Elders & Speakers Welcome to Country List keyboard_arrow_right. Copyright South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council 2023. They came and sat down and sang. Ngany moort wanjanin. Noongar land. Nidja Noongar Boodjar noonook djinanginy. L. and W. Boone, London, 1840, [xii] Grey, G. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, During the years 1837, 38 and 39, under the authority of Her Majestys Government. I say dembart yaarl koorl Grandfather come here or deman yaarl koorl Grandmother come here. Aborigines of Australia. A maam (man) calls his yok koorta. So thats why we always come to this Minningup. The major cities and towns within the Whajuk region include Perth, Fremantle, Joondalup, Armadale, Toodyay, Wundowie, Bullsbrook and Chidlow. Made by connecting a short strong wooden handle as round as a thumb, by kadjo or blackboy tree gum to the top of the handle. Wilgi the highly demanded red ochre. Whadjuk [pronounced wod-JUK] Noongar Elder and ambassador Dr Noel Nannup talks about traditional Whadjuk ways of life and key cultural places in Perth, and he teaches us the Noongar words for some Perth suburbs (such as Nollamara). Noonak moorditj, noonook ngaangk yira. Drawn by Roni Forrest for the Aboriginal Cultural Expo at Curtin University, 22 March 2013. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants &c. &c., T. and W. Boone, London, 1841. Nyoongar country spans from Leeman in the northwest to beyond Cape Arid in the southeast, in the southwest of Australia. Noongar people may refer to Kings Park as Karra katta or the hill of the spiders or Geenunginy Bo, the place for looking a long way. We at Murdoch University are proud to continue this long tradition. Nulbarn: a rope-like girdle made from possum hair, wound around the waist and used to carry the kylie (boomerang), tabba (knife), kodja (axe or axe heads) and the dowak (throwing stick). The Whadjuk are just one of the 14 tribes of the Noongar people. Meet at the first pavilion. Some Noongar place names and their meanings are in Noongar Wangkinyiny. [viii] Beard, J.S., Chapman, A.R. Whadjuck Noongar would bring these items for trade: Boka: a kangaroo skin garment used for keeping warm and dry. Bo-ye: a rock for kodja, tabba or grinding stones. Bu-ruro: a possum hair neck band worn as an ornament. Bu-yi: a nut from the zamia plant that once treated, was fit to roast and eat. Dardark: a lime white clay used to paint the body at festivals. Kodja: a hammer or axe, broad and blunt at one end and sharpened at the other. And when we have a place like that, it simply means a place where people cried by the sea. Ngany waanginy, dadjinin waanginy kaartdijin djurip. This is where all our spirits will end up here. *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that our website contains images of deceased persons. Come along and meet us as we share our story, the first story of Aboriginal Perth. https://www.ufc.com/video/ufc-284-athletes-experience-welcome-country-ceremony-perth, UFC 284 Athletes Experience Welcome To Country Ceremony In Perth, Viviane Arajo Fight Week Interview | UFC 285, What It's Like To Fight Jon Jones? In 1833, Robert Lyon published articles on Noongar customs manners and dialects. I begin by acknowledging we are meeting on Noongar land and I pay tribute to our traditional owners. It reinforces our group identity, which binds land and people. [xvi], See long time ago, this is traditional law go back long time with Noongar for a little kid to talk Noongar, old fella get im in is arm and get the fly lizard and he say something and put it on his tongue, and put it away, and that kid hell grow up talking Noongar, fluently.Kevin Fitzgerald, oral history, SWALSC, 2006, Rosezanna Jetta learning Noongar language from Charmaine Bennell at Djidi Djidi school in Bunbury.Courtesy The West Australian. We acknowledge the invasion, atrocities and subsequent acts that traumatise our . Whadjuk is situated south of Yued and north of the Pinjarup dialectal groups. This variation in our Noongar language reflects both regional dialect differences as well as an attempt by the fourteen language groups to retain, in a modern Australian society, a sense of independence and difference within. Wirba: a heavy club traded from the northern areas. They can provide contact details for a Traditional Owner/Custodian. Some well known places in Whadjuk boodja are: Wadjemup, now known as Rottnest Island; Ngooloormayup, now known as Carnac Island; Meeandip, now known as Garden Island; Gargangara north of Armadale; Goolamrup, now known as Kelmscott; Dyarlgarro Beelya, now named the Canning River; and Derbal Yiragan, the Perth estuary waters. This Policy reaffirms that the Whadjuk people from the Noongar nation are and always will be the Traditional Owners of the land upon which the City of Vincent is located. Sign up for regular updates from ABC Education, Your information is being handled in accordance with the. Join us for a night of stagazing and storytelling at Wadjemup- the local Aboriginal name for Rottnest Island.