Education Officer Charmaine Councillor from the Noongar Boodjar Language Centre partnered with CANWA and SWAMS celebrated their CD launch on the 20th of November 2018 at the Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. It was a time for all community to came and share and hear the beautiful Noongar Language songs that were created by the local […]

The NAIDOC week theme for 2018 is: ‘BECAUSE OF HER WE CAN’ Posters are available here at the Noongar Language Centre Bunbury.  

Denise Smith-Ali and Bethia Blonde were invited to attend a Dictionary Making Workshop in Kalgoorlie. This was an opportunity for our team members to work with other Linguists from various parts of Australia and around the World. The workshop was delivered to linguists from around the Australia about world-class dictionary-making technology. This was about world-class standard […]

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The team at the Noongar Boodjar Language Centre are excited to welcome our new team member, Craige Sell who will be delivering Cultural Competencies Training Workshops throughout the Noongar Nation. As local Noongar man from the Koreng clan, with family ties to Kaniyang and Minang with in Noongar Country, Craige’s passion is to continue to […]

Left to Right: Charmaine Councillor, Gloria Dann, John Sherwood, Jackie Coffin, Nick Thieberger and Denise Smith-Ali. Beth Blond, Gloria Dann, John Sherwood Jackie Coffin, Nick Thieberger and Denise Smith-ali Linguist Denise Smith-Ali invited Linguist Nick Thieberger to present the Daisy Bates Collection in a workshop hosted by the Noongar Boodjar Language Centre on the 12th […]

Noongar Boodjar Language Centre’s Linguist Denise Smith-Ali was out and about interviewing Elders for Noongar Language documentation. The aim is to record Elders and develop an extensive dictionary in the Noongar Language. Denise had the opportunity to interview Elder Violet Newman from Ngadju/Nyoongar Clan, Violet is pictured below holding a photograph of her grandfather Murray Newman […]

Master and Apprentice information session Margaret River Thursday the 5th April 2018   Please click the link above for more information.

Charmaine and Bethia at LOTE Training in Perth last week. Great to see many Aboriginal languages from across the state of W.A. all in one place.