Noongar Waangkiny Moorditjabiny

Noongar Language Becoming Stronger

Harvey Aboriginal Corporation (HAC) was successful in its grant application to the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages and Arts funding program.

Funding of $50,000 was approved to deliver the Noongar Waangkiny Moorditjabiny (Noongar Language Becoming Stronger) program, aiming to conserve, revitalise and sustain Bindjareb Noongar language by producing a dictionary, developing a range of resources and facilitating a range of language learning activities. Across 12 months, the following was delivered:

• 40 x Noongar language lessons

• 20 x Yarning circle sessions

• 2 x Tool making workshops

• 2 x Bush tucker workshops

• 2 x Bush medicine workshops

• Development and printing of language resources

• Development and printing of a Bindjareb Noongar dictionary

• Photographing and videographing language practiced on-Country

• Audio recording of language practiced in songs

• Creation of project artwork

HAC engaged Bilya Moorditjabiny Training Services to assist in the delivery of this project. Bilya Moorditjabiny is a local training services business run by Aunty Sharon Cooke and Aunty Karen Jetta - two qualified and experienced Noongar language teachers who also have strong ancestral, cultural and family connections with the Harvey town and South West region.

Thank you to the Australian Government through the Indigenous Language and Arts Program for making this project possible.