Goulburn Islands
TheGoulburn Islandsare a group of smallislandsandisletsin theArafura Seaoff the coast ofArnhem LandinNorthern Territoryof Australia. The largest islands areWeyirra(North Goulburn Island) andWarruwi(South Goulburn Island),[1]where the climate is slightly cooler than in Darwin.[2]The Warruwi orMaung peopleare thetraditional ownersof the Goulburn Islands.[3]
The majority of the population reside on South Goulburn Island, in the community ofWarruwiand surroundingoutstations,where the population was 389 in the2016 census.[4]The islands are notable for the large number ofIndigenous Australian languagesspoken there. In particular, the Warruwi community on South Goulburn Island - where at least nine different languages are spoken within a population of only 450 people[5][6]- has been noted as an example ofreceptive multilingualism.[7]
Mondalmiis one of the most well-known women from the area, as she worked with anthropologistCatherine Berndtto enable study ofAboriginalcultures there.[8]
The islands and their Indigenous inhabitants were featured in the 2015David GrubindirectedPBSdocumentaryLanguage Matters with Bob Holman,written and narrated byBob Holman,which focused on theloss,due to globalisation, of many of the planets' languages, such as those spoken on the Goulburn Islands.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"Mawng Ngaralk Language".Mawng Ngaralk.Retrieved9 September2021.
- ^Goulburn Islands.About Australia. Retrieved on 2 May 2015
- ^"Appendix A: Committee visits to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities".Parliament of Australia. House of Representatives Committees.6 November 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 9 September 2021.Retrieved9 September2021.
- ^Australian Bureau of Statistics(27 June 2017)."Warruwi (State Suburb)".2016 Census QuickStats.Retrieved5 October2020.
- ^Bøyum, Malene."Multilingualism at Warruwi Community".UiO: Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan.Retrieved19 June2019.
- ^"Warruwi".West Arnhem Regional Council.Retrieved5 October2020.
- ^Erard, Michael."The Small Island Where 500 People Speak Nine Different Languages".The Atlantic.Retrieved19 June2019.
- ^Berndt, Catherine,"Mondalmi (1910–1969)",Australian Dictionary of Biography,National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,retrieved29 February2020
- ^"Language Matters with Bob Holman: A film by David Grubin".Language Matters.Retrieved5 October2020.
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