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Welcome to Batchelor Press.

Batchelor Press is the publishing arm of the Specialised Publications and Academic Resource Centre (SPARC) at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Northern Territory, Australia.

The teaching and learning resources developed at Batchelor Institute are produced primarily for Indigenous Australian students living in remote communities, the majority of whom have English as a second or third language. The content of these resources has been developed by community elders, students and teaching staff with many years experience in ESL, distance learning and curriculum development.

 

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These are a selection of our new titles.

2012 Academic Planner diary

The Batchelor Press 2012 Academic Planner Diary features:

  • A 6 months to page year view
  • Public holidays for each state
  • Astronomical data
  • Academic calendar
  • Huge one month views across 2 A4 pages
  • 3 year reference calendars
  • Notes and address pages
  • Original artwork by Indigenous artist, Moya Lee
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Awu Ngawak i Awu Djimbetj Yagatiya

Mosquito Dreaming

A bilingual children's book about the Long Black Mosquito and the Yellow Mosquito. This story is told in English and Marri Ngarr and is from the Wadeye area of the Northern Territory, Australia.

ISBN: 
978-1-74131-247-8
ISBN 13: 
9781741312478

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Ngalang Wongi Ngalang Boodja

Ngalang Wongi Ngalang Boodja tells seven important dreaming stories belonging to the Noongar Wudjari and Ngatju clans. The stories teach us about the creation of significant sites in the Esperance region, their importance to Wudjari and Ngatu people and why this beautiful country is the way it is today.

This beautifully illustrated book is written in Noongar and English so that the whole community can learn and appreciate the importance of Noongar culture. The author has included images of significant sites so that when you visit these sites you will know a little of their ancestral history. An audio CD of the author telling you their Dreamings in their mother tongue accompany each book.

The author has taken care in the telling of these stories so that their children and all future generations of the Wudjari and Ngatju clans will be able to know the knowledge of their ancestors.

See also: Mirnang Waangkaniny

ISBN: 
9781741312430
ISBN 13: 
9781741312430

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Mirnang Waangkaniny

Mirnang Waangkaniny tells of five important dreaming stories for the Albany region. The book helps us to learn about Mirnang country, its ancestors and the creation of Albany’s beautiful and unique landscape.

This beautifully illustrated book is written in Noongar and English so that the whole community can learn and appreciate the importance of Noongar culture. The author has included images of significant sites so that when you visit these sites you will know a little of their ancestral history. An audio CD of the author telling you their Dreamings in their mother tongue accompany each book.

The author has taken care in the telling of these stories so that their children and all future generations of the Mirnang clan will be able to know the knowledge of their ancestors.

See also: Ngalang Wongi Ngalang Boodja

ISBN: 
978-1-74131-252-2
ISBN 13: 
9781741312522

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A selection of top selling titles.

Nyoongar Dictionary

Nyoongar Dictionary by the Rt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia.

The book includes a comprehensive dictionary of the Nyoongar language focusing on what is now known as the northern dialect. Divided into two sections, Nyoongar­English and English­Nyoongar, the dictionary is the result of the author’s own grass­roots experience of Nyoongar as a spoken language and offers the fruits of his extensive research into the available written sources. These sources include published dictionaries as well as unpublished word­lists dating back to the foundation of the colony of Western Australia.

See also: Nyoongar Legacy

ISBN: 
9781741312331
ISBN 13: 
9781741312331
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Nyoongar Legacy

The naming of the land and the language of its people

The Nyoongar Legacy is the result of decades of research into Nyoongar language by the Rt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia.

It is a study of the Indigenous place-names of the south-west of Western Australia, including over 300 Indigenous place names from the region. Each entry offers an interpretation of the source for a particular place and the possible or probable meanings.

The book includes a comprehensive dictionary of the Nyoongar language focusing on what is now known as the northern dialect. Divided into two sections, Nyoongar­English and English­Nyoongar, the dictionary is the result of the author’s own grass­roots experience of Nyoongar as a spoken language and offers the fruits of his extensive research into the available written sources. These sources include published dictionaries as well as unpublished word­lists dating back to the foundation of the colony of Western Australia.

See also: Nyoongar Dictionary

ISBN 13: 
9781741312324
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