Resources for teaching and learning Aboriginal languages in DECS
schools
Note that this list is representative only, and by no means exhaustive. Some titles may
now be available only through libraries, such the Department’s Aboriginal, Multicultural,
Languages & Learning Resource Centre (www.lmrc.sa.edu.au).
LANGUAGE-GENERIC RESOURCES
Australian Council for Educational Research
2008
Indigenous Languages Programmes in Australian Schools: a Way Forward. Canberra:
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in association with the
Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
2005
National Indigenous Languages Survey Report 2005. Canberra: Department of
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
Buck McKenzie
2009
Songs for Aboriginal Studies and Reconciliation. Prospect Hill, South Australia:
SASOSE Council.
Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE)
1998
Aboriginal Artists in South Australia. Adelaide: DETE.
1998
Development of Sociocultural Understandings through the Study of Languages.
Adelaide: DETE.
2002
Making Languages Work: School Models to Consider. Support material for the
Languages Plan 2000–2007. Adelaide: DETE.
Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS)
2003
Australian Indigenous Languages. South Australian Curriculum, Standards and
Accountability Framework. Adelaide: DECS.
2004
Ecological Issues in Language Revival. Adelaide: DECS.
2005
R–10 Languages (Australian Indigenous). SACSA Companion Document Series.
Adelaide: DECS.
2005
South Australian Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework: The Required
Elements. SACSA Companion Document Series. Adelaide: DECS.
Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)
2009
Indigenous Languages: a National Approach. Canberra: DPMC. View at:
http://www.arts.gov.au/topics/indigenous-arts/indigenous-languages-national-approach
David Horton (compiler)
2000
Aboriginal Australia. Map. 3rd edn. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Patrick McConvell and Nicholas Thieberger
2001
State of Indigenous Languages in Australia — 2001. Australia: State of the
Environment Second Technical Paper Series No. 2 (Natural and Cultural Heritage).
Canberra: Environment Australia, Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Peter Mühlhäusler, Paul Monaghan, and Petter Naessan
2010
Keeping Language Strong within the Family: Recommendations for Families and
Communities. Adelaide: Discipline of Linguistics, University of Adelaide.
Peter Mühlhäusler, Rob Amery, Mary-Anne Gale, Christine Nicholls, Jonathan Nicholls, Lester
Irabinna Rigney, and Simone Ulalka Tur
2002
‘Keep that Language Going!’ A Needs-based Review of the Status of Indigenous
Languages in South Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Studies.
SACE Board of South Australia
2010
Stage 1 and Stage 2 Australian Languages: Subject Outline. First published 2004.
Adelaide: SACE Board of South Australia. View at::
http://www.sace.sa.edu.au/subjects/stage-1/languages/australian-languages
http://www.sace.sa.edu.au/subjects/stage-2-in-2010/languages/australian-languages
Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia (SSABSA)
1996
Australia’s Indigenous Languages. Book and CD-ROM. Adelaide: SSABSA.
1996
Australia’s Indigenous Languages: Framework. Adelaide: SSABSA.
1996
Australia’s Indigenous Languages: In Practice. Adelaide: SSABSA.
S.R. Silburn, G.D. Nutton, J.W. McKenzie, and M. Landrigan
2011
Early Years English Language Acquisition and Instructional Approaches for Aboriginal
Students with Home Language other than English: a Systematic Review of the
Australian and International Literature. Darwin: Centre for Child Development and
Education, Menzies School of Health Research.
LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC RESOURCES
Adnyamathanha
Buck McKenzie
1995
Yakarti Songs. Adelaide: DECS
2003
Yurlu Yurlura, The Kingfisher Man: a Photographic Exhibition. Adelaide: South
Australian Musem.
Christine Davis and Pearl McKenze
1980
Adnyamathanha Genealogy. Adelaide: Aboriginal Heritage Unit, Department for the
Environment.
Christine Wilton, Clifford Coulthard, Desmond Coulthard
1980
The Flinders Range: an Aboriginal View. Adelaide: Aboriginal Heritage Unit, Dept for
the Environment.
Clem Coulthard and Terrence Coulthard
no date Awi Irta: an Adnyamathanha Dreaming Story. Adelaide: Anglican Church of Australia.
Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS)
2004
Adnyamathanha Years R to 10. Adelaide: DECS. (currently being revised)
2005
Learning Adnyamathanha. Interactive CD-ROM and book. Canberra: Multilocus
Interactive, in association with DECS.
Dorothy Tunbridge
1988
Flinders Ranges Dreaming. Canberra: Cultural Studies Press.
1991
The Story of the Flinders Ranges Mammals. Kenhurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press.
Education Department of South Australia (EDSA)
1992
The Adnyamathanha People: Aboriginal Studies 8–12. Adelaide: EDSA.
Inhaadi Adnyamathanha Ngawarla (Adnyamathanha community school)
2010 Wadu Matyidi. 8-minute animation in Adnyamathanha language with English
subtitles and 5 behind-the-scenes documentaries. Port Adelaide: Inhaadi
Adnyamathanha Ngawarla (www.adnyamathanha.com).
Neville Bonney
no date Adnyamathanha and Beyond: Useful Plants of an Ancient Land. Unley, South
Australia: Australian Plants Society (South Australian Region).
Peggy Brock
1985
Yura and Udnyu: a History of the Adnyamathanha of the North Flinders Ranges.
Adelaide: Wakefield Press.
John McEntee and Pearl McKenzie
1992
Adna-mat-na English Dictionary. Adelaide: John McEntee and Pearl McKenzie.
Antikirinya, Pitjantjatjara, and Yankunytjatjara languages (eastern Western Desert
languages)
Cliff Goddard (compiler)
1996
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary. Rev. 2nd edn. Alice Springs: IAD
Press.
Cliff Goddard (gen. ed.), and Elizabeth Ellis and Leanne Cook (consultant eds)
1997
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Pocket Dictionary. Alice Springs: IAD Press.
Education Department of South Australia (EDSA)
1990
The Pitjantjatjara Language Curriculum: Teaching Children to Read and Write, The
Language Student. Adelaide: EDSA.
Department for Education and Children’s Services (DECS)
1994
Pitjantjatjara Stage A, Years R–2. Adelaide: DECS.
1994
Yankunytjatjara Stage A, Years R–2. Adelaide: DECS.
1997
Units of Work for Pitjantjatjara. Adelaide: DECS.
1997
Units of Work for Yankunytjatjara. Adelaide: DECS.
Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS)
2004
Nyaa Kumpini? Text and activity pack. Adelaide: Anangu Education Services, DECS.
2006
Ngayulu Iriti Tjitji Nintiringkunytja: Andy Tjilarilu Wangkanytja. Learning as a
Pitjantjatjara Child: An Andy Tjilari Story. Adelaide: Anangu Education Services, DECS.
no date Shearing Days at Ernabella. Iriti Tjiipi Tjiramilanytja Anapalala. Story: Palypatja Tiger;
illustrations: Audrey Brumby; adaptation: Sandra Ken and Audrey Brumby. Adelaide:
Anangu Education Services, DECS.
no date Kalaya’s Shoes. Kalayaku Puuta. Story: Audrey Brumby; illustrations: Audrey Brumby;
adaptation: Audrey Brumby and Sandra Ken.
no date Child Protection Posters
Paul Eckert (compiler)
2007
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary. Alice Springs: IAD Press.
Paul Eckert and Joyce Hudson
1988
Wangka Wiru: a Handbook for the Pitjantjatjara Language Learner. 2010 reprint.
Parkholme, South Australia: Paul Eckert and Joyce Hudson.
Arabana / Arabunna
Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS)
2004
Arabana Years R to 10. Adelaide: DECS.
2005
Learning Arabana. Interactive CD-ROM and book. Canberra: Multilocus Interactive, in
association with DECS.
Luise Hercus
1994
A Grammar of the Arabana–Wangkangurru Language, Lake Eyre Basin, South
Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Malcolm McKinnon and Marree Arabunna People’s Committee
2004
Marree Arabunna Museum: 6 Short Films. Marree Arabunna People’s Committee.
2008
Growing Up Two Ways: Stories from Finniss Springs Aboriginal Mission. Marree
Arabunna People’s Committee.
Gugada
John Platt
1972
An Outline of the Gugada Dialect: South Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of
Aboriginal Studies.
Wangki Peel and Wanda Miller
2006
Gugada Interactive Talking Dictionary. CD-ROM. Koonibba, South Australia: Koonibba
Aboriginal Community Council.
Kaurna
Chester Schultz, Nelson Varcoe and Rob Amery (eds)
1999
Kaurna Paltinna: a Kaurna Song Book. Rev. and expanded edn. Adelaide: Kaurna
Warra Pintyandi.
Kalaya Children’s Centre
2007
Kaurna Warraarra Wonbawonbandi: Counting in Kaurna. Queenstown, South Australia:
Kalaya Children’s Centre.
Rob Amery (ed.)
2006
Warra Kaurna: a Resource for Kaurna Language Programs. Rev’d and expanded edn.
Adelaide: Kaurna Warra Pintyandi.
Tom Gara (principal ed.), and Robert Foster and Steve Flemming (assistant eds)
1990
Aboriginal Adelaide. Special issue of Journal of the Anthropological Society of South
Australia 28 (1&2). Adelaide: Anthropological Society of South Australia.
Narungga
Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association Inc. (NAPA)
2006
Nharangga Warra: Narungga Dictionary. Maitland, S.A.: NAPA.
2006
Guungagu Nharangga Warra: Children’s Narungga Dictionary. Maitland, S.A.: NAPA.
2006
2009
2010
2010
The Fragments of Budderer’s Waddy: A New Narungga Grammar. Vol. 1, community
and school’s resource. Maitland, S.A.: NAPA.
Nharangga Warra. CD-ROM. Moonta: NAPA.
Nharangga Dhura Midji: Narungga Family Terms. Moonta, S.A.: NAPA.
Nharangga Wanggadja: Narungga Speaking. Moonta, S.A.: NAPA.
Ngarrindjeri
Department for Education and Children’s Services (DECS)
1996
Living Languages: Pa:mpi Tungarar, Warranna Purruna. 33-minute VHS video.
Adelaide: DECS.
Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE)
1999
Reviving Languages: Warranna Purruttiappendi, Tumbelin Tungarar. Adelaide: DETE.
Education Department of South Australia (EDSA)
1992
The Ngarrindjeri People: Aboriginal People of the River Murray, Lakes and Coorong.
An Aboriginal studies course for secondary students in years 8–12. Adelaide: EDSA
Mary-Anne Gale (compiler)
2009
Ngarrindjeri Dictionary: First Edition. Raukkan, South Australia: Raukkan Community
Council.
Mary-Anne Gale and Dorothy French (compilers)
2009
Ngarrindjeri Alphabet Book. Raukkan, South Australia: Raukkan Community Council.
2009
Ngarrindjeri Picture Dictionary. Raukkan, South Australia: Raukkan Community
Council.
Nukunu
Luise Hercus
1992
A Nukunu Dictionary. Canberra: Luise Hercus.
Wirangu
Gladys Miller
2005
Wardugu Wirn: Hunting for Wombat. Adelaide: Linguistics Discipline, University of
Adelaide.
2005
Wirangu Picture Dictionary. Adelaide: Linguistics Discipline, University of Adelaide.
Gladys Miller, Paul Monaghan, and Peter Mühlhäusler
2006
An Introduction to Wirangu. Adelaide: Linguistics Discipline, University of Adelaide.
Gladys Miller, L.A. Hercus, Paul Monaghan, and Petter Naessan
2010
A Dictionary of the Wirangu Language of the Far West Coast of South Australia.
Ceduna & Adelaide: Tjutjunaku Worka Tjuta & University of Adelaide.
Luise Hercus
1999
A Grammar of the Wirangu Language from the West Coast of South Australia.
Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.