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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:

• The Closure of the Northern Territory Bilingual Education Program by the people of Ngulu
• Extracts from Maningrida Community Meeting 8/12/98
• Bilingual Education: Looking for the Big Picture by Kathy Mcmahon and Fran Murray
• Remarks of the Northern Territory Bilingual Program by Walpiri teachers at Lajamanu
• Growing into Bilingual Education: Jottings from the Journey by Beth Graham
• Schooling in Remote Schools: My Reflections by Valerie Dhaykamal
• The Human Face of Bilingual Education by Stephen Harris
• Ten Common Attitudes to, and Myths About, the Northern Territory's Bilingual Education Programs by Christine Nicholls
• The Role of Language and Culture in Community Schools by Joanne Garngulkpuy, Phyllis Batumbil and Valerie Bulkunu
• Nyampuju yimi warlalja yungulipa mardarni waja-waja-maninja wangurlu yijardurlu by Jeannie Nungurrayi Egan
• Adult Literacy Workshop supports Bilingual Education at Maningrida by Helen Bond-Sharp
• A Letter to the Editor: a comment on the Northern Territory Government's unilateral decision to cut all funding for Bilingual Education in Aboriginal Schools by Jim (Tjilpi) Downing
• Bilingual Education and the Acquisition of English Literacy by Brian Devlin
• Milthun Latju Wäŋga Womgu Yolŋu: Valuing Yolŋu Knowledge in the Education System by Raymattja Marika