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This is a story about when my father and his cousin escaped along the top of the cliff.

nyila-ma kankulupal-a ngarlaka-ma, kuya karrinyana.

Along the southside of the cliff.

nyawa-ma kurlarnimpal-a-ma kuya-ny igin.

This is about Ngima but whitefellas call this place "Neave Gorge".

Ngima-ma nyawa na ngulu tal panana Neave Gorge-ma.

Upstream is where the dogs ripped a kangaroo apart in the Dreaming.

kankarra nyila Warlakula Kurrpkarrala.

That place is upstream.

nyila-ma kankapa.

where the dogs chased a kangaroo.

warlaku-lu nyamu-lu kayikayi-pani nyampayirla.

Then dogs chased it from there in the west.

kurlarra yala-nginyi, karlaniyin ngu-lu kayikayi pani warlaku-lu-ma.

They bit it down there.

kanyjal ngu-lu payarni.

They totally ripped it guts out.

warlwarl-arra majul-ma ngu-lu payarni purrp.

He was lying sideways (with his guts hanging out).

ngirilirrng ngu karrinya kuya kanyjurra, nyila-ma wirnangpurru-ma.

The dogs had chased a big kangaroo.

jangkarni-wan nyamu-lu kayikayi pani warlaku-lu.

This was directly upstream from here at the place where the dogs ripped its guts out.

murla-ngkurra-rni kankarra warlaku-la kurrpkarra-la nyawa na, Ngiima.

It's called Neave Gorge in English.

kartiya kal-im Neave Gorge.

It was there they ripped its guts out.

yala-ngka na, majul-ma-lu warlwarl-larra payarni.

Those dogs were murderers. They haven't gone far from that place.

nyila-rra parnkarrang warlaku-walija-ma kula-lu yani yikili.

They're in a that kind of hole [a cave] from the northside [of the gorge].

kuya-ny-ja na jimpiri-la ngu-lu kayinimpal-a-nginyi na karrinyana.

Those murdering dogs which bit [the kangaroo] to death upstream.

nyila-rra-ma warlaku parnkarrang nyamu-lu payarni nyila-ma kankarra.

When they took its guts out.

lupu-ma nyamu-lu warlwarl-larra jeya manana yalu-wu.

It was slaughtered and lay on the rocks.

kuya-ny na papapart karrinyana-ma, makin janyja-ka nganta wumarawumara-la.

OK - that's about this place.

marntaj, kuya na nyila-ma karrinyana.

This is a story about the olden times when the whitefellas were killing everyone.

larrpa-nginyi nyawa-ma, nyamu-yinangulu panani yu nou, kartipa-lu.

They were shooting everyone around here.

panani ngu-yinangkulu.

So they ran for their lives this way up the cliffs.

wal kankulupal-a murla-rniny na rarraj-ma-lu yani.

One was my father, Jerry Wangkali Jangari, and another was a bloke who has now passed away who was a traditional owner of Gordy Springs. His name was Georgie Kurrami Janama

ngaji-ma ngayiny ngaji an najan marluka-yayi Kilkil-ngarna ngu-wula rarraj yani.

The two of them climbed up on the southside [of the cliff], but the whitefellas kept shooting at them.

kankulupal-a ngu-wula kuya na kurlanimpal-la yani, ngu-yinangulu pani, turlwak.

Hey.

+"wartayi!

Did they shoot you?

"pani-warla ngu-ngkulu marntaj.

No, I'm OK.

+"lawara nyawa-ma-rna marntaj.

You and I should run.

+"yanku-rli rarraj.

So the pair of them ran off.

yani na ngu-wula rarraj na kujarrap-pa-rni na.

My father ran ahead.

ngaji-ma ngayiny-ma kamparra-la na rarraj.

The other boy ran behind.

marluka-kari-ma nyila-ma-rla ngumayila-la yanani.

The two of them ran and ran. They went west along the top [of the cliffs] and then down to the creek.

ngu-wula yani na karlangkarla nyawa na kankulupal-la ngu-wula yani.

They ran west and down to the river again - upstream near Langkarrij.

karlarra jawurruk, kankarra nyawa nganayirla-mayin ngu yani.

This cliff area is called Ngiima which is near Langkarrij.

Ngima nyawa-ma ngarlaka-la nganayirla-mayin.

They ran upstream, west and down to Langkarrij.

karlangkarla nyawa na ngu-wula yani, nganayirla-yirri, kankapa nyawa, Langkarrij.

From Langkarrij they ran upstream to Kurruwu or Bucket Hole whhich is a good fishing spot.

Langkarrij-nginyi-ma-wula yani, nganayirla-yirri, kankarra kuya nyila yawu-waji na manu-waji ngurra-witi nyila-ma.

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They ran for that place.

yala-ngka-wu na ngu-wula yani.

They ran from near this place.

rarraj ngu-wula murla-nginyi-mayin.

The two of them ran towards a big group of people.

ngu-wula yani jarrwa-ngkurra.

The whole of them had ran that way too.

jarrwa na ngu-lu yani yala-rniny-ma.

They had all run west down to Langkarrij on the creek and then upstream to Topsy Bore.

Langkarrij yard karlangkarla partaj ngu-lu yani kankarra Ngawurrakala na karlangkarla.

They ran to Topsy Bore.

Ngawurrakala na ngu-lu yani.

They ran through Wankulu in the Riveren Station area.

Wankulu all around nganyirla Jewel Drop Wankulu.

And Jimirij in the Inverway area.

Jimirij all around na.

They ran to where their family were.

kankulupal-a nyawa na ngu-lu yani, nyarruluny-ja nungkiny-kula na.

They went down and south to Nongra Lake where a big group of people where camped.

kanyjurra kurlarra Nangkurra-yirri pina ngu-lu yani.

They ran up to a large group of people - my father and the other bloke - poor things.

jarrwa-ngkurra na ngu-wula yani, ngayiny-ma ngaji-ma ankaj kujarra.

They had run for their lives.

wanyji-wu ngu-wula yani.

Ok they ran down there.

marntaj yala-ngkurra na ngu-wula yani, kanyjurra jawurruk.

That's how it was.

kuya.

Another lot ran north.

yirrap-pari ngu-lu yani kayirra xxx.

From here this other lot ran west.

murla-nginyi-ma, murla-rra karlarra ngu-lu yani.

They ran to whatsitcalled - their country down there.

yani ngu-lu nganayirla-yirri na, nyila na nyarruluny-ja kantri-la kanyjupal-la.

Whatsitcalled is near Riveren.

nganayirla-mayin na Kurlungurru.

That country for their cousins.

nyanuny kantri nyamu-yina nyanuny xxx.

They ran that way.

yala-rniny na ngu-lu yani.

They ran downhill south of here to Nongra Lake.

kanyjurra jawurrujawurruk kurlarra nyawa ngu-lu yani, nganayirla Nangkurru.

They were running there.

yala-ngkurra na ngu-lu yanani.

Ahead from up in the north they saw a fire burning.

kamparrijang-ma ngu fire-ma nganta kayirniyin-tu na nyanya ngu-wula kanyjurra.

Smoke was rising from a fire.

jurlujurlup-karra faya-ma, jiyarnani.

So they ran like mad from on top they saw them from down below.

kuya-ngku-ma-lu yani na kankuliyit-tu-ma-yinangulu nyanya kanyjal-ngurlu.

It was their mother, Tunyngarri and her husband Kurrangan.

ngaliwanguny ngamayi.

They headed down.

jawurruk.

They descended on the westside this way where the crossing is.

karlarra-said-pa-rni jawurruk-ma-lu kuya-rniny crossing-said.

They headed downstream then to the water's edge.

jawurruk ngu-lu yani, kanimparra ngawa-ngkurra.

They drank some water and doused their heads.

kukij-karra ngawa water-im-bat ngarlaka nyampa ngu-lu_nyunu mani marntaj.

Then they left.

yala-nginyi-ma-lu yani warrij.

They went to a big mob on the south side of the lake where they were camping.

jarrwa-ngkurra na, kurlanimpal-la-side that's all nyamu-lu karrinyani.

My father's mother, Tunygarri saw them.

ngayiny-ju-ma ngapuju-lu-ma nyanya na.

"Hey it's just Jangari coming from the north".

+"warta Jangari nyawa-rni kayiliyin yanana.

"Yeah.

+"yuu.

Nothing - the pair of us ran for our lives.

+"lawara ngu-ja yani wanyjirrik ngayirra-ma rarraj, kujarrap.

"Me and my brother," he said, "We just ran".

+"ngayiny papa-purrupurru, kuya, +"yani ngu-ja

"Really?" she said, "I brought my brother," the boy said.

+"wayi, kuya, "aah nyila-ma ngayiny igin ngu-rna kanya, papa-ma.

You two of us just ran," she said.

+"yeah marntaj ngu-npula yani, kuya.

You two of us just ran," she said.

+"ngunpula yani marntaj.

They ran up to a large group of people.

jarrwa-ngkurra na ngu-lu yani.

There were a lot of people there.

jarrwa-ngka na ngu-lu.

My family and his family.

ngayiny nungkiying-kula na nyanuny-ja nungkiying-kula na.

He was with his mother Tunyngarri, granny and his father Kurrangan then.

ngamayi-la nyampa-ka jaju-ngka na, nyanuny-ja ngaji-ngka.

He was with his granny and his whole family.

nyanuny-ja jaju-ngka, karrinya nungkiying-kula na.

They were all Jaru people living west of here.

nyila na Jaru-said na karlarra-said olabat bin jidan.

Yes they stayed there for a long time then.

yuwayi, purrp na ngu-lu karrinya xxx ngajik-pa-rni na.

He stayed there.

nyamu-wa karrinya ngurra na.

Later the two of them were at Catfish.

Jinparrak Murnturluk-kula kankarra ngu-wula karrinya.

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There was an outstation there which is why they returned from Nongra Lake.

hawuj na kuya-ngka na ngu-lu wartwart-ma yani, Nangkurru-nginyi.

That's the end of the story Felicity.

marntaj dats al na Nangari.

After that they gathered Aboriginal people together.

yuu ngu-yinangulu yala-nginyi mani puntanup na.

When they came back, they made an outstation for them.

nyamu-lu yani wart, ngu-yinangulu mani.

They brought them back.

kanya ngu-yinangulu.

They brought them there to country.

kanya na ngu-yinangulu yala-ngkurra na, ngurra-ngkurra na.

They were living there then.

ngu-lu karrinyani na.

They lived in peace there.

punyu-ma marntaj ngu-lu karrinyani.

You mob can't live by boomerangs now.

&kula-nyjurra kurrupartu karrinya lawara na, kuya.

They all worked at Catfish then.

langa Murnturluk na ngu-lu mani waruk.

That's what happened.

kuya na.

Well I don't know the whitefellas names

wal kula-rna-yina pinarri yalu-wu-ma kartipa-wu-ma