Yaru! Gudjal Learner's Guide and Dictionary

About the Author

William Santo is a Gudjal Elder who has been working on his father's language for more than 30 years. He was a director of Girringun Aboriginal Corporation which represented the western inland language group in 2000s; and he was instrumental in founding the North Queensland Regional Aboriginal Corporation Language Centre. He is the author of Maggie and Charley Santo: the history of the Santo Family of Charters Towers (2016). He is passionate about the revival of his Gudjal language and hopes to see it spoken again.

Alex Anderson is a graduate of the Master of Linguistics program at the University of Sydney. He has previously worked alongside Indigenous communities in Mexico on educational and archival projects.

Cassy Nancarrow is a linguist and educator who has worked extensively with First Nations people across the north and far north of Queensland since 1997. She collaborated with William Santo on the first Gudjal Dictionary (2006), compiled the Gangalidda Dictionary (2014) and Mornington Island Story Books (2015), and works closely with schools and community groups on language and song revival.

Associate Professor Myfany Turpin is a linguist and musicologist at the University of Sydney. Her work with First Nations people, since 1994, has resulted in A Learner's Guide to Kaytetye (2001), Kaytetye to English Dictionary (2013) and publications on Aboriginal song-poetry, including Songs from the Stations: Wajarra as sung by Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpnga, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal and Dandy Danbayarri (2019).