Ngoonjook Edition 02

Ngoonjook seeks to make relevant material available to an Indigenous readership and to all those interested in Indigenous Australian issues. Themes explored include: education, health, cultural identity, natural and cultural resource management, the arts and linguistics.

Articles in this issue:

• Language and Power: The Yolŋu Rise to Power at Yirrkala School by Mändawuy Yunupingu
• Aboriginal English / Standard English Dialects by Erica Hampton
• “Dhawurrpunaramirri”: Finding the Common Ground for a New Aboriginal Curriculum by Wäli Wunuŋmurra
• The Languages of the People at Oenpelli by Esther Djayhgurrnga and Joseph Singh
• Learning about the Yolŋu Child Learning Through Language by 1988 Stage 2 R.A.T.E. Students at Yirrkala
• Nhaltjan Napurr Djäma Ga Marŋgithirr Bilingualpuy Dhiyal Galiwin’ku Shepherdson Collegeŋur by Participants in 1988 Batchelor College Aboriginal Languages Fortnight project at Galiwin’ku