Muurrbay is pleased to announce Mari Rhydwen has been appointed as Regional Coordinator.Mari started work for Muurrbay on the 13 February, 2017.Mari comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience. Following her early research in Kriol communities in the NT she took up University appointments at UWA at Murdoch University. After working at a language centre in the Kimberley her … Read More
In 2004 Anna was appointed as the Co-ordinator-Linguist to establish Muurrbay’s Regional activity ‘Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre’. Anna was responsible for expanding Muurrbay’s role to support not one but seven languages, she established a Regional Advisory Group to assist in prioritising Muurrbay’s activities. Anna facilitated the process of the two activities joining to become a single regional language centre, … Read More
This week and next week Muurrbay welcomes Macquarie University student Annina Chrystal to our office. Annina is a third year student from Macquarie University studying linguistics, and is undertaking work placement with us for her degree. Annina has already made a valuable contribution to our transcribing and publishing projects and an unexpected bonus is that she is now training us in … Read More
Muurrbay staff and Gumbaynggirr language teachers came together for training in the transcribing program ELAN. Led by Muurrbay consultant linguist Albert Burgman, the training focused on how we can use ELAN to transcribe incredibly valuable recordings of speakers, resulting in a time-aligned file that matches up the audio recording with the written text. This is particularly useful for the Bundjalung, … Read More
In mid-March, Muurrbay arranged two Darkinyung Language workshops in Wyong and Kariong to bring together everyone interested in being involved in the revitalisation of the language. We were welcomed in Darkinyung by Aunty Bronwyn Chambers and Gary Williams did an acknowledgement of country in Gumbaynggirr. This was an opportunity for the community to meet our new teacher linguist, Albert Burgman … Read More