Warramiri Introduction
Djaŋu website Warramiriwu yumurrku’wu ga djanaliŋgu yumurrku’wu, ga djanaliŋuguru yumurrku’wu yalalaŋumiwu.
Welcome to our website.
Hello! I’m Gotha. Welcome to Warramiri country. You will find lots of useful insights into the world of Yolngu learners here. There are also other resources. There is the “Gurruwilyun’ (cycle) of Warramiri Seasons in specialized wall charts to help with orientation. You will find many Warramiri stories in Revolution © with Smartboard activities, a Yolngu alphabet and Yolngu syllables and fonts to download if you need them.
Enjoy your visit. I wish you good hunting in my Warramiri Country. Here you will find some information about the history, land and stories of the Warramiri people. The story is told from Gäwa on the top of Elcho Island.
The Warramiri people are sea people, they lived on and near the sea. They know the time to go out in a boat or canoe travelling, what to get, how to pass through the currents and tides, and the reef, they have the knowledge of reefs. They know where the rocks are and how to navigate around them to go through the channels from island to island. The children are taught about these things, like the Mimarr (Whirlpool). They need to learn the right ways to navigate them.
Ŋulpurray
This is Ŋulpurray, he was the third son of Djekarra, from his third wife. He had one sister from his other father, Barriwa. The land at Gäwa belonged to Barriwa, Gäwa ga Ṉaŋinyburra. It was passed on to his brother Djekarra and then on to Dhaymbali, when he died it was passed on to Ŋulpurray.
It was his vision to talk to his children to go back to Gäwa. He could see that things would change later on and other things would come and influence things, at the time everything was good but he could see new things coming, so he led us to reestablish our homeland at Gäwa and he gave the vision to also establish a school there. Ŋulpurray asked all the families especially Dhaymaŋu, Gotha and Colin to look after all the families.