Word Up

This week, language worker Daisy Allen shares the palawa kani word for an adorable but devious Tasmanian marsupial.

This week, language worker Daisy Allen shares the palawa kani word for Cape Portland, located near the north-eastern tip of Tasmania.

Daisy Allen from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre shares the palawa kani name for Tasmania.

For Word Up this month, language worker Daisy Allen from lutruwita/Tasmania shares a little bit of her language, palawa kani. This week, Daisy shares the name for a river reed used in weaving.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. Heather explains how the idea of yothu meaning ‘child’ and yindi meaning ‘mother’ are intertwined.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. This week she shares how to ask a person's name in Yolngu Matha.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. This week she shares how to introduce yourself in Yolgnu Matha. 

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. For Word Up, she shares the Yolgnu word for 'butterfly'.

Kankawa Nagarra discusses the important connection between First Nations peoples and our lands.

Walmajarri, Gooniyandi and Bunuba Elder Kankawa Nagarra shares the words for grandchild.

Gospel singer and language legend Kankawa Nagarra shares the Gooniyandi word for 'river'.

Gospel and blues singer-songwriter Kankawa Nagarra pays tribute to her daughters on Word Up this week.

Walmajarri, Gooniyandi and Bunuba Elder Kankawa Nagarra shares the traditional name for an important place on Gooniyandi Country in the central Kimberley region in Western Australia

Singer-songwriter Kankawa Nagarra shares some Gooniyandi language to get reacquainted on Word Up.

Senior Lecturer of Global Indigenous Studies at University of Newcastle, Dr Jesse Hodgetts shares the Wangaaypuwan word for shy and humble.

Senior Lecturer of Global Indigenous Studies at University of Newcastle, Dr Jesse Hodgetts shares the Wangaaypuwan word for a bark ribbon hanging on a gum tree.

Senior Lecturer of Global Indigenous Studies at University of Newcastle, Dr Jesse Hodgetts shares the Wangaaypuwan word for unity. 

Senior Lecturer of Global Indigenous Studies at University of Newcastle, Dr Jesse Hodgetts shares the Wangaaypuwan word for a song and dance ceremony.

Dr Jesse Hodgetts is a Senior Lecturer of Global Indigenous Studies at University of Newcastle.

Yuendumu community leader Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves wraps up his time on Word Up by sharing the Warlpiri name for his tjukupa.

This week Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves shares a Warlpiri word that encompasses the creation stories, the ancestral beings, the lore, the land and  everything that connects Warlpiri people to country and to each other across time.

This week, Ned Jampijimpa Hargraves discusses a Warlpiri word connected to the cultural law that keeps him focused.

Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves shares the Warlpiri word for home. 

Meet Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves, a Warlpiri advocate from Yuendumu sharing the language of peace: 'ceasefire - no guns'.

Gari Tudor-Smith shares the Gangulu name for 'catfish'.