Dhatam ga Nhawi marrtjina wakir yi

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1 Dhatam ga Nhawi marrtjina wakir yi Dh^wu dj^mawuy Merrkiyawuy Ganambarrwu\u Mali dj^mawuy Will Stubbsku\u

2 Dhatam ga Nhawi marrtjina wakir yi Dhatam and Nhawi go camping All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher. text 2005 Merrkiyawuy Ganambarrwu\u drawings 2005 Will Stubbs First printed 2005 Published by NT Government Department of Employment, Education & Training, Literacy Resource Development Unit Yirrkala C/- Yirrkala Community Education Centre PO Box 896, Nhulunbuy NT 0881 Tel Fax ISBN:

3 Dhatam ga Nhawi marrtjina wakir yi Dh^wu dj^mawuy Merrkiyawuy Ganambarrwu\u Mali dj^mawuy Will Stubbsku\u

4 Dhuwaya Dhatam.

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6 Ga dhuwaya nhan\u wa=u \ayiya y^ku Nhawi.

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8 Wi[ipiya miyu waluyu, Dha=am ga nhan\u gurru=umi wayaya, b^pa mi\u, \^][i mi\u, momu mi\u, bipi mi\u, mukul mi\u ma][a ga wa=u Nhawi, marrtjina wakir yi, \ay\u Yarrapayyu. G^maya wayaya \athaya d^mba, borum, bitata, milk, djuwit, dilip, weetbix, ga gapu. ayi b^pa mi\uyuya g^ma gara ga ga`pu, \ayi \^][i mi\uyuya g^ma wambulu ga dhaliyarra maypalwu.

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10 Wa][iya wayaya weyin nha dhika ga \unha wapthun Yarrapay, girri ya rarr yun \ay\u marrtjina yana guyawuna ga maypalwuna. Wayaya djamarrku`i ya \a`a yun ga `up`upthun gapu\una barala\una y^na bili ga milmitjpa yi \ayambalk.

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12 athaya wayaya nya\ thun guya, maypal, bitata, borum ga d^mba, \ay\u dh^wu na `akama momumi\uyuya miyalkpuyna ma][akala\uwuy gurtha-warkmi ma][a \unha g^rak\u. Go[arr miya nya\ thuna wayaya \athaya, \ay\u \ayi Dhatam thuya garr yuna Nhawina \ay\u ma][a \a`wa yina marrtjina gu][a gu][a-miyina. 10

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14 a`a yunana ma][a \^ma \ayi gurra yothu yatjun Help... help... help me, bitjan. ayi Dhatam ya \ayawurkthuna, Go! \ali mak nh^ma dhika yothu \^paki yatjun gurra. ayi Nhawiya \athil yuna dju[upthun retja yina. Nh^ma \ayi gurra dh^rra [^mbuya [u\gul ga gurr\an nha b^yma. Bitjandja, nh^ma yothu miyalk \ayi gurra dh^rra, yurru [^mbu\u rurrurr\u, \ayi gapuna ga gu][ana \unha \oy\uya, bithiwulnha nhan\u dhukarr wa][inyawuya. 12

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16 ayi Dhatam ya \ayawurkthuna yatjuna, Gur! gur! Nhawina. ayi wa=uya y^na dja`a` yuna, \ay\u ya=ana [arrkthun mewu\nhaya. 14

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18 M^rr \ayi \anydja`a yun lili bitjan \upan Nhawina, \ayiya \anya [arrkthun \unha wiripu ya=a. Ma][aya momana bunharami, \ayiya Dhatam thuya ba[atj\u ]a\ thun \ay\u warryuna miyalknhaya wa]ana, \ay\u ]a\ thuna retja kuyuna gonhana wayayana marrtji mit-mitthun [irri[irriyuya, wa][ina yana bili.. i.. i dhawa[a mulka. 16

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20 unhayaya \ayi \anya dh^-wirrka yuna, Yol nhe y^kuya? Ga wanhaka nhu\u \^][i mi\uya ga b^pa mi\uya? ayi \ayawurkthuna yothuya arraya y^ku Audrey, ga \a][i mi\uya ga b^pa mi\uya \arraku dhika wiripu\u dhawa[a\u! upana \arrana mewu\thu \ay\u \arra winyayunana. Yurru [^mbuya gula\-gula\nha ga \anakya wirrk-wirrk-thunayana. ayi Audrey-ya \^thinana, \ayi \anya Dhatamdhuya dhangiyunana, bitjanaya nh^\aya Nhawina \ayi ma][akaya wapthunana. 18

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22 ay\u \ayi Dhatam ya \ayawurkthunana, Go \arrakaya \^][i mi\uyu yurru dhuwayi djetji ya [ilthan latju kuma ga \athana ga gapuna nya\ thun \ay\u g^ma nhuna \^][i mi\uwayana ga b^pa mi\uwayana. 20

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25 Dhatam and Nh^wi go camping by Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr Stubbs Page 2 Page 4 Page 6 This is Dhatam and this is her dog, his name is Nhawi. One day, Dhatam and her family, her father, mother, grandmother, uncle, her two aunties and her dog Nh^wi went out to Yarrapay. They took with them some food; damper, fruit, potatoes, milk, sugar, tea, weetbix and water. Her father took a spear and spearthrower and her mother took a big digging stick and oyster hammer for getting oysters. Page 8 Page 10 Page 12 Off they went. It was a long way. Finally they arrived at Yarrapay. They dropped off their things and went hunting for fish and oysters. There the children played and swam in the water by the sandbar. They had fun until late in the afternoon. That night for dinner they ate fish, oysters, potato, fruit and damper. Then Grandmother told the story about the two women who live in the sky amongst the stars sitting by their fire. The next day they ate some breakfast and then Dhatam and Nhawi played amongst the rocks. All of a sudden Dhatam heard a child crying out, Help, help, help me! 23

26 Page 14 Page 16 Page 18 Page 20 Dhatam said to Nhawi, Come on, let s go and look for the child who is calling out. Nhawi ran off into the bush. Dhatam saw a big dark dusty shadow in the bush and just nearby she caught sight of a little girl near the edge of a steep cliff. There were rocks and water below her. She had nowhere to run. Dhatam called out to Nhawi, Skitch, skitch. Nhawi rushed in and bit the buffalo on its ankle. The buffalo tried to spear Nhawi with his big horns, but Nhawi just ran between his legs and bit the other ankle. Dhatam quickly ran over and grabbed the girl s hand whilst Nh^wi and the buffalo were caught up in the fight. They raced off into the rainforest. As they ran through the forest they were scratched all over by sharp prickles and thorns but they kept running on and on until they finally made it to the beach. When they got there Dhatam asked the girl Who are you? Where is your family? My name is Audrey. I got lost when this buffalo started chasing me! The girl replied. My Mum and Dad are somewhere at a different beach. Audrey started crying. The girl s face was so red and she had scratches all over her body which were bleeding. Dhatam reached over and gave her a hug. Just then Nh^wi came over and jumped up on both of them and started to lick them. Dhatam said Come with me, my Mum will fix up your sores really well and we can have some food and water and then take you to your Mum and Dad. 24

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