Book Launch: Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories

You are invited to the launch of two new Noongar-language picture books from Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories.

Ngalak Yongka Miyak Koorliny / Visiting the Kangaroo Moon Site invites readers to join a group of Wirlomin visiting a granite outcrop in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The rock carries the imprint of a very large kangaroo at rest and has markings resembling the different phases of the moon. The story suggests a way to read the site itself, and the opportunity to listen to the conversation between kangaroo and moon.

Wirrawoorliny/Whirlwind shares the story of a boy who is camping alone and hears strange sounds in the night. He is set upon and eaten, but something incredible happens when his bones are left in the dust: a whirlwind appears where his tongue was and builds his body again, piece by piece.

Prof Kim Scott, Dr Cass Lynch and…