Muurrbay is pleased to announce Mari Rhydwen has been appointed as Regional Coordinator.
Mari started work for Muurrbay on the 13 February, 2017.
Mari comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Following her early research in Kriol communities in the NT she took up University appointments at UWA at Murdoch University.
After working at a language centre in the Kimberley her education background led to her being appointed as the first ...
In 2004 Anna was appointed as the Co-ordinator-Linguist to establish Muurrbay's Regional activity 'Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre'. Anna was responsible for expanding Muurrbay's role to support not one but seven languages, she established a Regional Advisory Group to assist in prioritising Muurrbay's activities. Anna facilitated the process of the two activities joining to become a single regional language centre, and in 2014 secured triennial ...
Gumbaynggirr Elders and youth joined together to launch Gumbaynggirr dictionary-grammar
The new and improved second edition of the Gumbaynggirr dictionary-grammar was launched by Elder Barry Phyball at Muurrbay on the 18th of March 2016. Ricky Buchanan gave a welcome to country, as he’d done eight years ago for the first edition. From being a young school boy at the first book launch, Ricky is now working in schools, and studying Gumbaynggirr language