• MUURRBAY ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE & CULTURE CO-OPERATIVE

    Darruyay yilaaming maam-weba Muurrbay-gundi! Ngawaadu ngiyaanya, yuludarla wajaarr gani. Ngawaadu jalaarla ngiyambala muugay waarruwaygam; ngiyaanya balmuunambay.

    Welcome to the Muurrbay website! Our language comes from our country. Language gives us our identity and makes us strong.

  • MUURRBAY ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE & CULTURE CO-OPERATIVE

    Muurrbay is a leading regional language centre that provides strategic support to revitalise the languages of seven Aboriginal communities of central to north coast NSW.

  • MUURRBAY ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE & CULTURE CO-OPERATIVE

    We work closely with Elders and local language, culture and educational organisations to conduct research, publish accessible grammar–dictionaries and develop engaging educational courses and resources. Muurrbay gratefully acknowledges funding from the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages Support Program of the Ministry for the Arts, Attorney-General’s Department via its Indigenous Languages Support (ILS) program.

MUURRBAY ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE & CULTURE CO-OPERATIVE

Darruyay yilaaming maam-weba Muurrbay-gundi! Ngawaadu ngiyaanya, yuludarla wajaarr gani. Ngawaadu jalaarla ngiyambala muugay waarruwaygam; ngiyaanya balmuunambay. 

Welcome to the Muurrbay website! Our language comes from our country. Language gives us our identity and makes us strong.

Muurrbay is a leading regional language centre that provides strategic support to revitalise the languages of seven Aboriginal communities of central to north coast NSW. 

We work closely with Elders and local language, culture and educational organisations to conduct research, publish accessible grammar–dictionaries and develop engaging educational courses and resources. Muurrbay gratefully acknowledges funding from the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages Support Program of the Ministry for the Arts, Attorney-General’s Department via its Indigenous Languages Support (ILS) program. 

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website may contain images and voices of people who have passed away.

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Latest News

05/09/2019

If you are wanting to learn your language but can’t make it to classes, why not try learning online? Our introductory Gumbaynggirr course is now online offering lessons about pronunciation and grammar as well as providing models for an Acknowledgement or Welcome to Country. There are quizzes too, so you can test your own learning. Go to the Publications and ... Read More

03/06/2019

Brother Stephen Morelli, who has worked with Gumbaynggirr people on language for over thirty years was recently announced as the co-winner of the Patji-Dawes Award. This is Australia’s premier award for teaching a language other than English. Brother Steve was nominated by Gary Williams, our CEO, who, along with everyone else who learned has Gumbaynggirr in the past thirty years, learned ... Read More

27/03/2019

Despite being one of the wettest days in months, the Muurrbay Open Day on 16 March, to celebrate the completion of our renovations and repairs funded by a  Heritage Near Me strategic grant from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage was well attended and a great success. Everyone enjoyed the mini-language classes run by several of out Certificate III ... Read More

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Muurrbay's publishing section publishes a variety of books that support the revitalisation of the Aboriginal Languages in New South Wales.