Language Resources

Listed below are readily available language dictionaries & reference works. As part of Strand 4 Aboriginal Studies in NSW, the material below, particularly the picture dictionaries, offers schools & community groups examples of how to build word lists & vocabularies of local languages. There is also a lot of excellent material available via the web, such as the Board of Studies Aboriginal Studies Language webpages. We welcome suggestions about material relevant to languages across Australia, particularly the Southeast of mainland Australia & Tasmania. Please feel free to contact us.

NSW Language Resources

William Dawes' Notebooks on the Aboriginal Language of Sydney, 1790-1791 David Nathan/Darug Tribal Aboriginal Corporation/ Hans Rausing Endangered Language Project $20

Dictionary of the Dharug Language: The inland dialect J L Kohen Pamphlet $8

Fun & Games in Gundungurra Cooper/Sammon/Ambler Book & CD

Gaay Garay Dhadhin: Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay Picture
Dictionary John Gaicon IAD Press $24.95

Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay/Yumaalayaay Dictonary IAD
Press $39.95

Dhiirrala Gamilaraay! Teach Gamilaraay (includes CD) $100

We are Speaking Gamilaraay & Yuwaalaraay: Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay, guwaaldanha ngiyani $25

Yugal: Gamilaraay & Yuwaalaraay Songs $14.95

Yugal: Gamilaraay & Yuwaalaraay Songs CD $25

Yugal: Gamilaraay & Yuwaalaraay Songs - Instrumentals CD $25

Yaama Maliyaa: Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay: An Aboriginal Languages Textbook $32.95

Awabakal Word Finder John Maynard Keeaira Press $20

Gumbaynggirr Dictionary & Learner's Grammar: Gumbaynggirr Bijaarr Jandaygam, Ngaawa Gugaarrigam Steve Morelli Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative $60

Barriyala: Let's Work Gumbaynggirr Language Student Workbook 1 Julie Long Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $20

Barriyala: Let's Work Gumbaynggirr Language Student Workbook 2 Julie Long Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $20

Barriyala: Let's Work Gumbaynggirr Language Student Workbook 3 Julie Long Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $20

A Salvage Grammar and Word List of the Language from the Hunter River & Lake Macquarie Amanda Lissarrague Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $40

Darkinyung Grammar & Dictionary Caroline Jones Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $40

Dhanggati Dictionary and Grammar Amanda Lissarrague Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $50

A Grammar and Dictionary of Gathang Amanda Lissarrague Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $50

Mayalambala - Let's Move It Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative

Learning Wiradjuri 1: Place & Direction 3rd Edition Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16

Learning Wiradjuri 2: Actions Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16

Learning Wiradjuri 3 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16

Learning Wiradjuri 1&2: CD Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $30

Wiradjuri Language: A First Dictionary of Wiradjuri Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $55

Wiradjuri Sentence Book Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $30

Wiradjuri Language Colouring-In Book 1 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16

Wiradjuri Language Colouring-In Book 2 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16

Wiradjuri Language Learn to Draw Book 1 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16

Wiradjuri Langauge Learn to Draw Book 2 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16

Wiradjuri Language Black Line Masters: Bk 1 Colouring-In
Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $74

Wiradjuri Langauge Black Line Masters Bk 2 Learn to Draw Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $74

Wiradjuri Language Black Line Poster Masters Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $74

Wiradjuri Language Song Book 2 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16

Wiradjuri Language Songs: CD Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $30

Reference Titles

Paper & Talk: A Manual for Reconstituting Materials in Australian Aboriginal Indigenous Languages Nicholas Thieberger ASP $34.95

Aboriginal Australia Wall Map - Small Folded $14.95

Aboriginal Australia Wall Map - Large Folded $24.95

Aboriginal Australia Wall Map - Flat Rolled $24.95

Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin & Meaning Dixon et al $42.95

Children's Language and Multilingualism: Indigenous Language Use at Home and School     Jane Simpson & Gillian Wigglesworth   Continuum $69.95

Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia    Walsh & Yallop        ASP      $34.95

Languages of Australia    R Dixon    $99 New edition due March 2011

Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory: Principles, policy and practice AIATSIS Research Symposia 2009

Handbook of NSW & ACT Aboriginal Languages

Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative

$135