To research and document the Watha wurrung language and culture. The Wathaurong Language Program has been in progress now since March 1998. Suzie Coates was the first Language Worker with Bruce Pascoe taking over the position in June 1999 in a part time capacity. Denise Charles joined the Language Program in September 2003, working 2 […]
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The Taungurung Language Program initially employed Bill Nicholson Jr as the Project Officer who gathered the language of Taungurung people. Further there was a period whereby Gary Hansen was in the position temporarily for a six month period. The program did not have a person in the position for some time until Judy Monk commenced
The Boonwurrung language program has been going for approximately 6 years. It is focused on bringing our language back to having a voice once again so that it can be passed on to the next generations. There is a growing need in all our communities to research and find new words and meanings to words
Dja Dja Wurrung people are Traditional Owners of Country across Central Victoria and our ancestors have cared for it over countless generations. The Traditional Owners of this country are sometimes called Dja Dja Wurrung people and sometimes called Jaara meaning people in their language. Both names are correct. It is believed that ‘Dja Dja Wurrung’
The language spoken by members of four Koorie clans that lived in adjoining estates in the Port Phillip region was known as Woi wurrung. The name literally means ‘no lip (or speech)’ and refers to the way in which speakers expressed the negative, that is, ‘woi’. Traditionally, each of the four Woi wurrung-speaking clans identified
