Cirrus@Austlit

'Walmajarri country is in the Great Sandy Desert, south of the Fitzroy Valley. It is just one of many language groups from this desert region.

'Jesse Moora is a Walmajarri woman who lives in the Yakanarra community, a couple of hours south of Fitzroy Crossing. Her family was one of the first to settle at Yakanarra 25 years ago. Jesse and some of the other new arrivals brought a lot of kids with them, so they set up a school in a shed. She has been teaching Walmajarri to the children there for 24 years.' (Introduction)

'This is a story about fishing methods in beautiful Bardi Jawi country on the Dampier Peninsula, in the West Kimberley. The local language is Bardi.' (Introduction)

'Language workers from right across the top end and throughout WA got together this week for the bi-annual Wanala Language conference.

'ABC Open held a video workshop at the conference to demonstrate how easy it is to share language through video. This is the outcome of the workshop.'  (Introduction)