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  • Gumbaynggirr ngaawa yidaa barrwayay - Gumbyanggirr Language is Still Growing

    Gumbaynggirr ngaawa yidaa barrwayay - Gumbyanggirr Language is Still Growing
    2026/06/17
    In 1974, young linguist student Diana Eades travelled to Nambucca Heads to record conversations with one of the last fluent Gumbaynggirr speakers, Tiger, or Harry, Buchanan. Ten years later, a group of Gumbaynggirr Elders, living at that time on Dunghutti land, approached a local Priest, Brother Stephen Morelli, and asked if he would help them save their language. He not only agreed, he began to study linguistics. From there, Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative was born, and the first dictionary was produced. Now there are songs in language, it has been part of TV shows, and there is a bilingual school where children learn Gumbaynggirr alongside English. This is Gumbyanggirr Barrwayay, a six-part podcast series about the story of a community’s resilience and patience in the process of saving their language. Bringing to life the positive impact that the work has had on the lives of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and reminding us about the importance of language.
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    4 分
  • A Quiet Language

    A Quiet Language
    2026/06/24
    There are more than 250 First Nations languages in Australia, some people say there are up to 800. Colonisation has damaged all of those languages in different ways. The Gumbaynggirr Language is spoken on Gumbaynggirr Country, on the mid north coast of New South Wales. This podcast is the story of the revival of this language. But to start that story, we need to explain how it was almost lost. This episode touches on issues of Stolen Generations, forced removals, and damage to language. This episode features: Clarence Skinner, Gary Williams, Dylan Berger, Dr Barry Morris, Pauline Hooler, Lisa Kelly
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    27 分
  • The Elders Before Us

    The Elders Before Us
    2026/07/01
    The Gumbaynggirr Language was able to be revitalised because of language recordings from the past. Elders chose to share language with linguists, and those recordings were the basis of the dictionaries that exist today. One of the Elders who shared a lot of language was Harry (Tiger) Buchanan who sat with linguists for hours in the 1970’s. This episode was made with the support of representatives of the Buchanan Family.
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    32 分
  • Working for the future

    Working for the future
    2026/07/08
    In 1986, a small group of Gumbaynggir Elders living on Dunghutti Country enlisted the help of a local priest to save their language. From this group, the revitalisation began. This began with the mammoth task of categorising and understanding the language to build the first dictionary.
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    29 分
  • Sharing Language in Community

    Sharing Language in Community
    2026/07/15
    Once the Gumbaynggirr language was built back to create a dictionary, and a few people had some language, the language group decided it was time to start sharing the language further. They began with TAFE classes and community workshops. The desire to learn was strong, and classes were full. It took time to train enough teachers so the language could be shared widely.
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    30 分