Word Up shares the diverse languages of black Australia from Anmatyerre to Arrernte, from Bidjara to Bundjalung, from Nyungar to Ngaanyatjarra, from Yankunytjatjara to Yorta Yorta—one word at a time.
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Nyangumarta country goes from the central Great Sandy Desert to Eighty Mile Beach.
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Aunty Michelle Jacquelin-Furr tells us how Waawor, the famous Blue Lake in Mount Gambier, was made.
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Multi-talented artist Kamahi Djordan King shares some of his grandfather's language — Gurindji.
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Cynthia Bourke shares four Ngaanyatjarra words from Warakurna in the Western Desert.
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There’s currently only two words known definitively to be Yiman.
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Language is a responsibility for Gumea Dharawal man and cultural educator Jacob Morris.
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From the first rays of the sun to the dance of firelight, we take a look back on some of the words we’ve learnt about light.
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Multi-disciplinary artist Ghenoa Gela is bringing TSI Kriol to the stage in her one woman show My Urrwai.
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Malgana language is from the saltwater country around Shark Bay, the westernmost point of the Australian continent.
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Being able to speak the “vibration of the land” has become an important way for Arlene McInherny to stay connected to her country.
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Merv Johnson is a Gooreng Gooreng elder who was raised on the fringes of Bundaberg.
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Rona Glynn-McDonald shares a Kaytetye phrase that was important to her while she was away at boarding school.
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The terms to describe kinship and degrees of relationship are a complex domain in Indigenous languages.
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Dhunghutti man Ray Kelly Snr is passionate about studying Goori languages in the space where community knowledge and academia cross over.
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For the 100th episode of Word Up Sheree Blackley shares some of her favourite Kalkutungu words.
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