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 TheReconciliation Australia website is another example. Many people however, rejected citizenship because they were not prepared to give up their Noongar culture. Historical People: Includes people living in a particular area, but who do not have ancestral links to the area, or have come from outside the region they live in. The Dictionary also explains the sounds, spelling and pronunciation of Noongar words.[xiv]. Similar to a Welcome to Country, an Acknowledgement of Country is generally offered at the beginning of a meeting, speech or formal occasion.' ~ Reconciliation Australia. Shane Abdullah, Richard Walley and James Webb perform at National Native Title Conference Welcome to Country 2008 . Nyungar language has a harmonious quality, and it is a real treat to hear two fluent speakers in conversation.Noongar Elder Ralph Winmar in van den Berg, Collard, Harben and Byrne, Nyungar Tourism in the South West of Western Australia, Murdoch University, 2005. We dont want any heathens in this school. Meet at the first pavilion. No bookings required, all are welcome to attend. Uh, you would have, um, the Causeway where the people cross there, we call it Matagarup, and, um, going down river, you would then get to North Fremantle, and there's an area in there that is important to us. Noongar Protocols Welcome To Country Recognising our rights to country. They will talk to you about the process and where appropriate supply with you approved names. But it is Nyungar language and not many people realise that this is the case. Traditional Owners can talk for country by performing aWelcome to CountryorSmoking Ceremonyand should be consulted about its use. Culture is formed. Text Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Education Services Australia is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Nyinyak ngaalang nidja kedela ngaala mereny. The names of many south-west towns are Noongar in origin: Gidgegannup (place to make spears), Ongerup (place of the male kangaroo) and Goomalling (place to find possum). Protocols for welcoming visitors to Country have been a part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures for thousands of years. 9. Whadjuk People is also the name of the registered Native Title claim 2011. These fellas only used to stay for a little while, while the ceremony was there and they used to exchange things, you know?Noongar Elder Sealin Garlett in Collard, Harben and van den Berg, Nidja Beeliar Boodjar Noonookurt Nyininy website, 2004, Much of the trade that took place between the different Noongar groups was very dependent on the six Noongar seasons. The Wanjoo song is popular in early childhood education centres, schools and choirs around Perth, thanks to its deep roots in the Noongar tradition. Well, that's where our people used to live. And while I was in the school, see I talked a hell of a lot of Aboriginal talk. This video. However, the essential elements of welcoming visitors and offering safe passage remain in place. Ngany moort koorliny noonook. Maaman maar barang ngaalang, Noonak waangk birdiyar. Noongar from different areas brought their goods here for exchange. It was explained that it is important to demonstrate the links between stories as they move across Wadjuk/Whadjuk boodja, and between the different cultural boodjas of the Noongar Nation. Two Noongar language groups, the Whadjuk and Yued people, lived and shared cultural areas in the northern parts of the City of Wanneroo for traditions and customs. For further information view Welcome to and Acknowledgement of Country Protocols, "We would like to acknowledge this land that we meet on today is the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country.We also acknowledge the Whadjuk people as theTraditional Owners of the greater Walyalup area and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to the living Whadjuk people today.". Despite the absence of fences or visible borders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clans had clear boundaries separating their Country from that of other clans. We at Murdoch University are proud to continue this long tradition. 1.3% of the City identify as Noongar, Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander peoples. We apologise for any inconvenience. Mandurah Bridge - on the wall at the western end of the bridge's footpath is a welcome to country written in Noongar dialect. I know who Hagan is. They call their brother ngoony and sister djook. This Aboriginal ritual recognises the area of land where Whadjuk Noongar people traditionally lived, hunted and gathered (Moort Boodja). Hey, Im super keen to learn to speak more fluent language, and my girl always asking me what the noongar word for this n that are. Noongar dialects have changed over time, incorporating and mixing with English. Whadjuk is the name of the dialectal group from the Perth area. To arrange a Welcome to Country in your area, contact our Regional Network office nearest you. 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. [xiii] The efforts of others who were conversant, and in some cases, fluent in local Noongar language, such as Brady, Hutt, Armstrong, Symmons and Bussell of Vasse, are acknowledged in many of the published works. The word Noongar means a person of the south-west of Western Australia, or the name for the original inhabitants of the south-west of Western Australia. All our resources are free and mapped to the Australian Curriculum. Where the city of Perth is that area was known as Boorloo. [i] Tindale, N.B. Your people come to rest with you now. First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we Noongar PrayerNgaala Maaman WaangkNgaala Maaman ngiyan yira moonbooli Moodlooga. We welcome you to the land of the Whadjuk people which we have called home since the beginning of time. Copyright South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council 2023. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our knowledge and culture with you on a tour through Whadjuk Country. 1. [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. And there was a reef extending out there before it was blasted by C. Y. O'Connor. Metadata Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Education Services Australia Ltd 2012 (except where otherwise indicated). Knowing the Noongar language can open up a new world into our culture and also give a sense of place. Acknowledgement of Country Ngaala kaaditj Noongar moort keyen kaadak nidjar boodjar. ", I/We would like to acknowledge that this meeting is being held on Aboriginal land and recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of Noongar people in this land.. P.J. This is Noongar Country you are seeing. Much of the biodiversity in Noongar country is not found anywhere else in the world. This was orchestrated by the government of the day to abolish Noongar language and identity. We Noongar people were given our knowledge through the oral tradition from our grandfathers, grandmothers, fathers, mothers and Noongar bosses long long ago. As this was the first full meeting of Council for 2023 the Presiding Member advised it was important to set the scene for the year ahead and welcomed Mr Matthew McGuire to perform a Welcome to Country Ceremony. Western Australian Museum, Perth, 1992, [xvi] Kevin Fitzgerald, oral history, South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, 2006, Copyright South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council 2023, Nyoongar language from the south west region of Western Australia, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1e8UAAAAYAAJ&dq=George%20Fletcher%20Moore&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false. They will bury him with his mother and you sing out to him. These provide knowledge, transferable skills and employability to build relationships between industry, government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups. Curtin acknowledges the Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which Curtin Perth is sited and a Welcome to Country is performed at all major Curtin public events. In a dispatch of British Parliamentary papers from Western Australia in 1840, Hutt wrote it is only an act of fair justice to the first inhabitants or discoverers of any spot, to retain the name that they may have conferred upon it.[vi]. (Source: Indigenous Tours WA http://www.indigenouswa.com/heritage-tours/) It was up to ten feet long and about one inch in diameter and made from the mungurn (swamp wattle). And also spirit children were trapped out there when the sea level rose over a long period of time. In 1992 the first Noongar Dictionary produced by Noongar people was compiled and published by Rose Whitehurst for the Noongar Language and Cultural Centre. click here to add your name to SWALSCs list. Nidja Noongar Boodjar noonook djinanginy. . In the same year, the Western Australian Museum published a Nyoongar Word List by Peter Bindon and Ross Chadwick. Nyoongar country spans from Leeman in the northwest to beyond Cape Arid in the southeast, in the southwest of Australia. It may be appropriate to incorporate an Acknowledgement of Country at events such as board and staff meetings, small training or information sessions, and other small events, for example. The Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation welcomed fighters competing on UFC 284 in Perth. Some locations are particularly special to the Whadjuk people, such as a cave along the Derbal Yarrigan (the Swan River) where it's believed the creation serpent lives. Palanni waangkaniny. Revival of our language is also evident with Noongar being taught in addition to English in primary schools like Carralee in Willagee, Morditj Noongar in Middle Swan, Ashfield Primary School and Djidi Djidi School at Bunbury. What else have we got? Thats why this place important. You will find lots of language and see our beautiful . Be the first to study in this brand-new building next year! Well, if we name them in their English names, you'd have King's Park or Mount Eliza. An Acknowledgement of Country is an opportunity for anyone to show respect for Traditional Owners and the continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Country. They might go to some of their other relations, they dont call them uncles they call them konk and their brother-in-law they call them ngoorldja. "The doorway to WA is on Wadjuk Country, and what we want is that people understand clearly they are on Wadjuk people's country." Ted Wilkes (2017) Yoowart koorl ngaalang moort-moort djooroot. Video Australian Broadcasting Corporation (except where otherwise indicated). 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 .