Ngaawa-Garay Girramubang Ngiyambalgarra* Summer School

Ngaawa - Garay Girramubang Ngiyambalgarra, The Summer School for Gamilaraay, Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri Languages are held each year during the month of January. The classes consist of one week for Beginners and, as a follow-up, three day Advanced courses in Gumbaynggirr and Gamilaraay are also held.

Classes are taught at the Koori Centre, University of Sydney.  Organised by Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-op and Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre.

The Gumbaynggirr Summer School course is based on the Certificate II in Gumbaynggirr Language and Culture Maintenance, which is taught at Muurrbay, and is accredited by VETAB. The Summer School course will give students 'recognised prior learning' for 3 out of 8 modules of the Certificate II course.

The Gamilaraay Summer School course covers 24 out of 36 hours of the course Guwaalmiya Gamilaraay which is offered at University of Sydney, the New England Institute of TAFE and other places.

The Wiradjuri Summer School course is based on, and being developed on, a broad range of language experiences which include school, TAFE and adult community perspectives.  The two teachers and another teacher/linguist, are all Wiradjuri people.

These courses are recognised in the Indigenous Langauges Education programs offered by the Koori Centre, University of Sydney.

Ngaawa-Garay Girambang Ngiyabalgarra has been funded by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and also supported by The Koori Centre at the University of Sydney and the former Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) now known as Department of the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts.

* These are the Gumbaynggirr and Gamilaraay words for 'language' and Wiradjuri words for 'fearless speaking together'.

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