Listed below are readily available language dictionaries & reference works. As part of Strand 4 Aboriginal Studies in NSW, the material below, particularly the picture dictionaries, offers schools & community groups examples of how to build word lists & vocabularies of local languages. There is also a lot of excellent material available via the web, such as the Board of Studies Aboriginal Studies Language webpages. We welcome suggestions about material relevant to languages across Australia, particularly the Southeast of mainland Australia & Tasmania. Please feel free to contact us.
NSW Language Resources
Fun & Games in Gundungurra Cooper/Sammon/Ambler Book & CD
Gaay Garay Dhadhin: Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay Picture
Dictionary John Gaiscon IAD Press $24.95
Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay/Yumaalayaay Dictonary IAD
Press $39.95
Dhiirrala Gamilaraay! Teach Gamilaraay (includes CD) $100
We are Speaking Gamilaraay & Yuwaalaraay: Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay, guwaaldanha ngiyani $25
Yugal: Gamilaraay & Yuwaalaraay Songs $14.95
Yugal: Gamilaraay & Yuwaalaraay Songs CD $25
Yugal: Gamilaraay & Yuwaalaraay Songs - Instrumentals CD $25
Yaama Maliyaa: Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay: An Aboriginal Languages Textbook $32.95
Awabakal Word Finder John Maynard Keeaira Press $20
Gumbaynggirr Dictionary & Learner's Grammar: Gumbaynggirr Bijaarr Jandaygam, Ngaawa Gugaarrigam Steve Morelli Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative $60
Mayalambala - Let's Move It Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre $120
A Salvage Grammar and Word List of the Language from the Hunter River & Lake Macquarie Amanda Lissarrague Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $40
Dhanggati Dictionary and Grammar Amanda Lissarrague Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $50
Barriyala: Let's Work Gumbaynggirr Language Student Workbook 1 Julie Long Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $20
Barriyala: Let's Work Gumbaynggirr Language Student Workbook 2 Julie Long Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $20
Barriyala: Let's Work Gumbaynggirr Language Student Workbook 3 Julie Long Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-Operative $20
Learning Wiradjuri 1: Place & Direction 3rd Edition Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16
Learning Wiradjuri 2: Actions Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16
Learning Wiradjuri 3 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16
Learning Wiradjuri 1&2: CD Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $30
Wiradjuri Language: A First Dictionary of Wiradjuri Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $55
Wiradjuri Sentence Book Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $30
Wiradjuri Language Colouring-In Book 1 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16
Wiradjuri Language Colouring-In Book 2 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16
Wiradjuri Language Learn to Draw Book 1 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16
Wiradjuri Langauge Learn to Draw Book 2 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16
Wiradjuri Language Black Line Masters: Bk 1 Colouring-In Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $74
Wiradjuri Langauge Black Line Masters Bk 2 Learn to Draw Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $74
Wiradjuri Language Black Line Poster Masters Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $74
Wiradjuri Language Song Book 2 Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $16
Wiradjuri Language Songs: CD Wiradjuri Language Reclamation Project Restoration House $30
Paper & Talk: A Manual for Reconstituting Materials in Australian Aboriginal Indigenous Languages Nicholas Thieberger ASP $34.95
Aboriginal Australia Wall Map - Small Folded $14.95
Aboriginal Australia Wall Map - Large Folded $24.95
Aboriginal Australia Wall Map - Flat Rolled $24.95
(also available laminated)
Non NSW Language Resources
Arrernte Colouring Book Jenny Taylor IAD Press $6.95
Eastern & Central Arrernte to English Dictionary IAD
Press $54.95
Alyawarr Picture Dictionary IAD Press $24.95
Alyawarr Colouring Book IAD Press $6.95
Central Anmatyerr Picture Dictionary IAD Press 24.95
Eastern Anmatyerr Colouring Book IAD Press $6.95
Western Arrarnta Picture Dictionary IAD Press $24.95
Learner’s Guide to Kaytetye IAD Press $49.50
Introductory Dictionary of Western Arrernte IAD Press
$29.95
Learner’s Guide to Eastern & Central Arrernte IAD Press
$19.95
Learners Wordlist of Eastern & Central Arrernte IAD
Press $10.95
Learners Wordlist of Pertame IAD Press $10.95
Waramungu Picture Dictonary IAD Press $29.95
Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary IAD Press $24.95
Pintupi/Luritja Dictionary IAD Press $27.45
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytja to English Dictionary IAD Press
$49.45
Yawuru Ngan-Ga: Phrase Book of Major Language Groups
near Broome Magabala Press $14.25
Ngaanyatjarra Learner’s Dictonary IAD Press $29.95
Ngaanyatjarra Picture Dictionary IAD Press $24.95
Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary IAD
Press $59.95
Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary NAPA $29.95
Ngayi Nhagudja I See Animals NAPA $4.95
Ngayi Nhagudja I See Birds NAPA $4.95
Ngayi Nhagudja I See Sea Creatures NAPA $4.95
Ngayi Nhagudja I See Bugs NAPA $4.95
Ngayi Nhagudja I See Weather NAPA $4.95
Ngayi Nhagudja I Live At NAPA $4.95
Ngayi Nhagudja I’m Going NAPA $4.95
Ngayi Nhagudja My Family NAPA $4.95
Kaytetye Picture Dictionary IAD Press $24.95
The Fragments of Budderer’s Waddy: A New Narungga
Grammar Wanganeen/Eira NAPA $32.95
Guungagu Nharangga Warra Childrens Narungga
Dictionary NAPA $32.95
