“Wunaa junaa yaarri yarraang, junaa ngiina nyaagu gangaa!” Don’t say goodbye, just say see you later!” – Anna Ash

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 ...

Launch of Gumbaynggirr Dictionary

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