Wiradjuri

vocabulary and grammar

A first Wiradjuri dictionary, compiled by Stan Grant (Senr) and Dr John Rudder. O'Connor, ACT: Restoration House.

Macquarie Aboriginal Words cover 'Wiradjuri', by Sally McNicol and Dianne Hosking. Chapter 5 in Macquarie Aboriginal Words: a dictionary of words of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, ed. by N Thieberger & W Macgregor, 1994. The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd
distributor: Pan Macmillan Publishers Australia Pty Ltd, tel.: 1300 135 113 fax: 1300 135 103 <customer.service@macmillan.com.au>
ASEDA item 0536

Wiradjuri entries in The World Wide Web Virtual Library : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languagee, edited by David Nathan.

Archdeacon Günther's 'Grammar and vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called the Wirradhuri', Appendix D. Sydney : Charles Potter, Govt. Printer, 1892. 5.06 MB http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/archives/chrp/threlkeld/09alpendixd.pdf at the The Virtual Coquun - Hunter River Project

Hale, Horatio. Ethnology and Philology [including 'Wiradurei'], pp. 479-531 in Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, Volume 1 by Charles Wilkes. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1844. 3.1MB at http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/archives/aboriginalstudies/pdf/hale1846.pdf Later published: Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1846. Philological Part. The Languages of Australia. ( 2.32 MB PDF)

Nash, David. 1974. The comitative affix in Wiradhuri. ANU Linguistics (Arts) term paper. AIATSIS Library, pMs 3688. supporting map

using old sources

Paper and Talk, A manual for reconstituting materials in Australian indigenous languages from historical sources, ed, N Thieberger, 1995. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.

This volume contains excellent general advice on how to use old written sources; and as it happens p.42 reproduces an extract from Günther's manuscript Wiradjuri wordlist

placename study

Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name/search
Parish & Historic Maps http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/survey_mapping/parish_maps

Parish (and Pastoral) Map Preservation Project http://parishmaps.lands.nsw.gov.au/pmap.html
NSW Railway Station Names and Origins http://www.nswrail.net/library/station_names.php

Worksheet on the -djuri ending in placenames

NSW government agencies

NSW Office of the Board of Studies (BOS) page for Indigenous languages – being updated
NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) pages on Aboriginal Languages
NSW Aboriginal Languages Research and Resource Centre – revised site expected April 2007

various other reading

Gaynor Macdonald. 2004. Two steps forward three steps back: A Wiradjuri land rights journey. Canada. Bay, NSW: LhR Press.

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Australian languages
David Nash's home page
URL http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/wira/index.html