Muurrbay's publishing wing publishes a variety of books that support the revitalisation of the Aboriginal Languages of New South Wales. These include Dictionaries and Grammars that document the languages of New South Wales, particularly those of the north coast of N.S.W, through the Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre. Muurrbay also publishes educational resources such as children's stories, student workbooks and teaching tools like Mayalambala, a set of interactive posters and pictures.

The heartland of the Dhanggati people is the Macleay Valley on the New South Wales
mid-north coast. The Dhanggati language is undergoing a revival as growing numbers are learning more of their language and passing it on to children. This grammar and dictionary has grown out of the community’s efforts to revive their language.

Amanda Lissarrague’s research is based on the recordings of Dhanggati Elders, written historical records and the knowledge of Dhanggati people today. This book includes a pronunciation guide, a comprehensive grammar with example sentences from Elders
traditional and other stories, a dictionary of over 1000 words and an English finder list to help locate particular words.

The homelands of the Gumbaynggirr lie between the Clarence and the Nambucca rivers in northern New South Wales. The Baanbay people to the West speak the same language. As with many Aboriginal Australian languages, Gumbaynggirr had fewer speakers and was in danger of extinction. All that changed in 1986 when a small group of Elders took steps to revive it, and this book is a tribute to their efforts.

Brother Steve Morelli's research is based on the recordings of Gumbaynggirr Elders, written sources and the knowledge of Gumbaynggirr people today. This book includes more than 2700 word entries, easy-to-read grammar section, a semantic fields section which groups words such as birds, emotions, insects or artefacts. A new words section lets people use Gumbaynggirr in a modern context, a section on traditional families as well as two new maps depiciting the Gumbaynggirr world and several pictures to complement the word entries.

Forthcoming.....

Barriyala is a set of three student workbooks designed to support Gumbaynggirr language learning in primary schools. This is the first workbook in a set of three that have been designed to support Gumbaynggirr language learning in primary schools. There is a separate workbook for each primary school stage, each workbook building on students’ prior learning. The workbooks, for use with Junga-Ngarraangala Gumbaynggirr, the Gumbaynggirr Primary Language Program are not intended to be stand alone workbooks.

Each workbook provides a range of activities that will reinforce language learnt in the classroom. The activites are divided into eight different themes based on aspects of Gumbaynggirr culture, with associated language tasks. Julie Long, with the support of Muurrbay staff, presents a series of interesting and culturally appropriate language activities that draw on her wealth of classroom experience.

This is the second workbook in a set of three that have been designed to support Gumbaynggirr language learning in primary schools. There is a separate workbook for each primary school stage, each workbook building on students’ prior learning. The workbooks, for use with Junga-Ngarraangala Gumbaynggirr, the Gumbaynggirr Primary Language Program are not intended to be stand alone workbooks.

Each workbook provides a range of activities that will reinforce language learnt in the classroom. The activites are divided into eight different themes based on aspects of Gumbaynggirr culture, with associated language tasks. Julie Long, with the support of Muurrbay staff, presents a series of interesting and culturally appropriate language activities that draw on her wealth of classroom experience.

This is the third workbook in a set of three that have been designed to support Gumbaynggirr language learning in primary schools. There is a separate workbook for each primary school stage, each workbook building on students’ prior learning. The workbooks, for use with Junga-Ngarraangala Gumbaynggirr, the Gumbaynggirr Primary Language Program are not intended to be stand alone workbooks.

Each workbook provides a range of activities that will reinforce language learnt in the classroom. The activites are divided into eight different themes based on aspects of Gumbaynggirr culture, with associated language tasks. Julie Long, with the support of Muurrbay staff, presents a series of interesting and culturally appropriate language activities that draw on her wealth of classroom experience.