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Growing up Gudjuk

by Abbey Guyula and Emily Armstrong

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Growing up Gudjuk
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By Abbey Guyula, Emily Armstrong,
Helen Nyomba, Rene Darnmirrwuy
and the 'Growing up children' research team
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This book is one output from a research project called
Ŋuthanmaram djamarrkuḻiny' märrma'kurr romgurr:
Growing up children in two worlds.

Gudjuk and his family participated in a longitudinal community-initiated study of Yolŋu children's development. Children and families were videoed engaging in everyday activities over six years. Families and other community members participated in interviews. Family members and the research team worked together to analyse the information gathered. All families have given their permission for images and recordings to be used in this talking book.
Please see www.growingupyolngu.com.au for more information.
In this book you will hear and read stories about Gudjuk growing up. There are two versions, one in Yolŋu Matha and one in Balanda language (English). They are similar but not the same.

The audio recordings are in Yolŋu Matha and they are longer because that story is more in-depth. Abbey is giving more depth and detail about how Gudjuk learnt from early childhood and growing up until he was 7 years old. That's how we want to explore and explain the story to Yolŋu.

When you see writing in the English language, that's the summary of the story. Abbey wrote this English version with Emily's help. This story is told so that everyone can share the main story that needs to be understood.

It's the same meaning, the same story in both languages, but there's a more in-depth story for Yolŋu to understand when Abbey adds more details. If we bring more of our own language into that Yolŋu Matha then Yolŋu will understand - the story and pictures will have more meaning in them.

A/Prof Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama
(Senior Yolŋu Researcher, Charles Darwin University)
Listen in Yolŋu Matha
Introduction from Gudjuk’s Märi’mirriŋu (Maternal Grandmother)
Listen in Yolŋu Matha
Dhuwal dhäwu Yolŋuw’ djamarrkuḻi’w, mirithirr manymak nhumalaŋ marŋgithinyaraw ga dharaŋanaraw. Dhuwal ŋanapurr ga milkum nhumalaŋ nhaltjan ŋanapurruny ŋuli ga Yolŋu yothu wo djamarrkuḻi marŋgithirr märrmaw’ dhukarrw - Yolŋuw ga wurrapandaw. Marŋgithirr ŋayi ga ŋunhi warrpamku mala dhukarrw balanya nhakun dhuwal ‘holistic’ mayali Yolŋu rom ga Balanda rom ga wirripu churchku rom ga communityŋur ga wukirriŋur. Dhuwal märrma dhukarr - Balandakurr ga Yolŋukurr, ŋunhi ŋayi dhu yothu marŋgithirr bukmakku gakalwu mala. 
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