Jeremy SteeleApr 177 minBIYAL BIYAL Australian National Anthem - updatedHow did this translation come about? An Aboriginal singer-songwriter acquaintance sent an email inviting Your Amateur Researcher (YAR) to...
Jeremy SteeleDec 15, 20114 minYarrangobillyYarrangobilly is in the Snowy Mountains, about 40 km west from the southern portion of the ACT. This places it in Ngarigo country....
Jeremy SteeleJul 31, 20112 minMerimbulaA personal diary entry from January 1984 has the record: “Later we all set off by car headed for Twofold Bay150 km away approx. Did this...
Jeremy SteeleSep 21, 20102 minNSW COAST Words: calling cooeeEveryone knows the bush call ‘cooee’. Not so many know that it is an Indigenous word, and that it means ‘come’. It was recorded by...
Jeremy SteeleSep 12, 20103 minDHARAWAL Words: tackling the unijerunbi minku? puzzleOn page 101 of the Rev. William Ridley's Kamilaroi and Other Languages (KAOL)* the following occurs in a list of 21 Dharawal words or...
Jeremy SteeleSep 6, 20102 minDHARAWAL Words: mosquitoThe Rev. William Ridley (1819-1878) wrote an article, ‘Australian languages and traditions’ (AL&T), published in the February 1878 issue...