Gulun

Children at Yirrkala School

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Indigenous Literacy Foundation
15 July 2025

Picture books; Early learning: numbers & counting; Languages & ESL; Australian Aboriginal - Languages

Who lives in the billabong? Join the children of Yirrkala School to find the birds and animals that live in the gu?un' (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 dhäwu yäku Gu?un'. Go! Wa?gany manapanmi ?alimu djamarrku?i' Yirrkala Golwuy ga ma?ma?u bu?thunami wäyin ga wäyin munathawuy ?unhi ?uli gurra nhina go?un'?u wä?a?u. Dhuwayakuy ga Balandakuy bothurruwuy djorra'. Djämaya ?anapu dhuwaya dhäwu workshop-?u ?anapu Alison Lester, Jane Godwin ga Lee Burgemeestre.

By: Children at Yirrkala School
Imprint: Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 215mm,
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781923179516
ISBN 10: 1923179519
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.