Gulun': Billabong
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Gulun': Billabong
By (Author) Children at Yirrkala School
Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Indigenous Literacy Foundation
15th July 2025
Australia
Classifications
Non Fiction
Childrens picture books
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 215mm, Height 215mm
300g
Description
Who lives in the billabong Join the children of Yirrkala School to find the birds and animals that live in the guun' (billabong). A counting book in Dhuwaya and English. Children at Yirrkala School created this book in a workshop with Alison Lester, Jane Godwin and Lee Burgemeestre. Dhuwaya dhwu yku Guun'. Go! Wagany manapanmi alimu djamarrkui' Yirrkala Golwuy ga mamau buthunami wyin ga wyin munathawuy unhi uli gurra nhina goun'u wau. Dhuwayakuy ga Balandakuy bothurruwuy djorra'. Djmaya anapu dhuwaya dhwu workshop-u anapu Alison Lester, Jane Godwin ga Lee Burgemeestre.
Author Bio
Yirrkala School, a remote school in East Arnhemland (NT), has a long-standing program of bilingual, 'both ways' education. Children from the school created Gulun' (Billabong) in a workshop led by ILF lifetime ambassador Alison Lester.
