On the Way to Yalanbara

About the Author

Rärriwuy Garramu Marika is an teacher, artist, poet, linguist, translator, author of children's books, co-author of academic papers and the daughter of Wandjuk Marika and Gotjiri?u Bukulatjpi. She is a Yol?u elder of the Rirratji?u clan from north-east Arnhem Land and has played a significant role in bilingual education. Rärriwuy has written texts in Yol?u languages for students and worked for the Yirrkala Bilingual School as a teacher linguist for 40 years. She was a visiting teacher in Melbourne for McKinnon Secondary College and Princes Hills Primary School. She was the Visiting Indigenous Fellow for Melbourne University at Trinity College from 2005-2008. Rärriwuy is currently working at ARDS as a co-djägamirr (co-manager) for Community Development. Rärriwuy is passionate about maintaining clan languages in the region and applies this passion in her work, her literature and as a Community Elder. Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs is a Yol?u leader of the Dätiwuy clan from north-east Arnhem Land. She plays a significant role in bilingual education in Arnhem Land, including writing texts in Yol?u for students. She is a senior member of the Bawaka Collective and the Gay'wu Group of women, in collaboration with academics from Macquarie University and the University of Newcastle, and a co-author of Welcome to My Country and Songspirals: Sharing Women's Wisdom of Country Through Songlines. She is an Honorary Associate of the Department of Environment and Geography at Macquarie University, Sydney.