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What do you want me to talk about?

nyampa-wu-ju ngu-rna malu-ma?

Hey I don't know much about this place Catfish.

warta, kula-rna-rla pina much yu nou murlu-wu-ma Murntuluk-ku-ma.

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ah yeah yeah yeah.

That's about the old man who passed away. He was at Number 3 Camp, that old man for the two of us.

darran nganta marluka-yayi Number 3, ngaliwuny marluka.

That was your grandparents who told me this story.

&nganta, nyawa-ma jaju-ngku darran nyununy-ju ngu-yilu yurrk yuwani.

When he hit them with the goanna tail.

kirrawa-lu jawurt-tu nyamu-yina pani nganta.

You have that story as well.

yu garram dat stori nyuntu du.

My greatgrandfather?

ngayiny ngunyarri?

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It's about Number 3 Camp.

Number 3-ma.

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When he was married to Yurun.

nyamu-wa karrwani nganayirla, mukurl-jayi, Wantuwan init.

Oh my great uncle?

ah ngayiny jaju, wayi?

What's he called.

ngana-ju.

The cook at Catfish which was Number 3 Camp for old Wave Hill Station.

Number 3 cook.

Yurrkan was the name of the old man.

Yurrkan.

Hmm my grandmother's brother who was a Japalyi skin.

Hmm ngayiny ngunyarri, im Japalyi.

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Yes, that's it!

Yuu!

The old man called Yurrkan who has passed away, well I call him "father". He was married to Marie Japan's father's mother who was called Yuruna.

Yurrkan marluka-yayi ngu-rna ngaji ngayu-ma tal pani imin hab-im Japan-ku ngapuju tumaji.

My two grandfathers told me this story

&yeah wal ngu-yilu jaju-ngku na tikarl yuwani kujarrap-pa-rni-lu, xxx ngu-yinangulu ngayirra-ma.

when I was with them.

&nyarruluny-ja-ma nganta waruju-la.

And Punayi who left my cousin who was her husband.

an Punayi-lu nyamu-yina wanyjarni pakutu ngayiny.

That lot now.

nyila-rra na.

And Lajayi left my brother too.

an ngayiny brother Lajayi-lu wanyjarni.

I think they went away now.

nganta-lu yanani na.

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Poor bugger, that old man came back from the river with bush tucker but the head stockman told him disparagingly that they had enough meat.

ankaj dat marluka bin kam-ap karra-nga good reason-ta kanyjuliyit.

You know which the hatchling goannas which you can dig up.

nyanawu jupajupart nyamu karrinyana milapirta yu nou kirrawa.

You can dig them up.

jupartjupart.

Up until recently there were plenty around.

karrinyani nyamu-wa long-taim na.

Not anymore (because of the canetoads).

jalajala-ma lawara na.

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The old man came up from the river, I believe. He was the camp cook.

nyila na marluka nganta imin kam na kanyjuliyit.

He had a lot of lizards hanging from his belt.

nganta kangani, wirriji-ngka kuya taim-im-ap.

He was carrying the hatchly lizards that he'd just dig up on his belt.

wirriji-ngka yu nou kanya, kirrawa mila yapayapa jupartjupart-nginyi.

That's where you used to find them before canetoads.

karrinyani nyamu-wa kamparra.

Alright he arrived now.

alrait im-in kam-ap jik na.

"What have you got there old man?" he said to him.

+"What you got there marluka, kuya ngu-rla marni.

"What's that you're got there?"

+"Nyampa-warla-n nyila karrwanana?"

"What are you carrying?"

+"Nyampa-warla-n kangana nyila?

He'd taken his shirt off when he went hunting.

nganta shirt-murlung du angkul-jayi-ma, no dadi-yayi.

What are you doing with those goannas?

"nyampa-warla-n kangana nyawa-ma guana?

"I have some small goannas," he said to him.

+"guana ai garram yapayapa, kuya, ngu-rla marni.

But not in English. He spoke in Gurindji to him.

bat kula English jaru ngu-rla marni.

They didn't know English in those days.

kula-lu pina yet karrinyani English-ku-ma lawara.

The whitefella held out his hand to get what he was holding.

nyila-ma nganta mani kuya-rnangku-rla jou-im-ma nganta jayinya wartan-purrupurru-warla turt mani kartipa-lu-ma nganta.

I don't know who the whitefella was.

ai dunno wijan dat kartiya.

That's it!

binij.

They didn't tell me the name of the whitefella.

kula-yilu yini-warla marni kartipa-ma nyila-ma.

Then he started belting him.

belt-im im na.

He whipped the old man wth the goanna tail.

whip-im im garram dat kirrawa jawurt, dat marluka.

He whipped all over so his skin started swelling up. The tail was really rough.

whip-im im ebriweya rungrung nganta.

From down on his feet right up to his head and on his arms.

kanyjal foot-ngurlu-ma kankula ngarlaka-kijak an wartan-kujarra.

That whitefella was really cruel.

cruel-wan-yawung broba nyila-ma kartiya-ma.

Bloody hell he just kept hitting him I believe.

+"wartayi wartayi-la na pani nganta lingi-ngku.

"You boys should come and help me," he cried out.

yananta-yilu-rla boy, kuya.

You mob should come and stop him," he called out.

yananta-yilu-rla nyawa panta-yilu kartik, kuya.

"He's whipping me to the point that I'm bleeding."

"ngu-yi luwanana kungukungulu-k na.

He's made me bleed.

ngu-yi kungukungulu-k pani.

"They should stop him hitting me but they're too scared."

+"kartik pananta-yi-lu-rla na wukarra-ma-lu.

I think the young ones there were just watching and not doing anything.

lawara nganta-lu nyangani yangyang-bala-lu tumaji karrap.

They just watched on poor buggers.

ngu-lu nyangani karrap ankankaj.

He fell down from being hit.

pani nganta binij kanyjurra yeah.

He just fell to the ground.

waninya nganta janyja-ka.

"You fellas can take him now."

+"kangka-lu nganta, kuya.

They took him back to camp, as I understand it.

ngurra-ngkurra na nganta-lu kanya.

The young ones wouldn't help other people back then, I think.

kula-rnayinangulu help-im manani nganta pipul-ma.

when the whitefella was beating them.

yangyang-bala-lu nyamu-yina-nga kartiya-lu panani belt-im na, lawara.

They were just too frightened.

ngu-lu wuukarra du nyarrulu-ma karrinyani.

That's how it was.

kuya.

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that's all now, jarrakap story.

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Catfish.

Murntuluk.

At Catfish.

langa Murntuluk.

The old man was called Yurrklan.

Yurrkan, Yurrkan dat marluka neim.

Yes, this was at Catfish.

yuwayi Murntuluk-kula nyawa-ma.

They were all working there.

olabat bin workin there.

They were all working for the stock camp I believe.

waruk ngu-lu manani nganta stock-camp.

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And the old man went hunting for goanna as I understand it.

an dat marluka bin gon for kirrawa nganta.

The man was a cook himself.

im-in cookie du dat marluka.

A cook who cooked food.

cook weya im-in kuk-im-bat mangarri.

I don't know why the whitefellas hated him.

ai dunno wat dat kartiya bin nyampayila na jirtart na ngu-lu karrinyani-ma kartipa-ma.

when he went to get more goannas.

nyamu-wa kangani nyila-ma kirrawa-ma, yapayapa-ma.

I believe they were all watching.

nganta-lu nyangani karrap.

I understand my husband saw it happen too.

ngayiny hasben du im luk-in-at nganta karrap.

It was him who told me the story.

nyantu na im-in tal mi dat stori.

The old man was crying out when he flogged him.

nyawa marluka-yayi im wartayiwartayi-la weya im-in kil-im im.

All of the young ones didn't do anything because they were afraid.

nyarrulu-ma wuukarra yangyang-bala tumaji.

They were afraid of the whitefella.

ngu-lu-rla kartipa-wu-ma wuukarra karrinya.

When the old man was calling out to them. It was all in vain.

nyamu-yina nganta jing-in-at-karra marni marluka-ma yala-ma yipurrk.

"You mob should come and stop him from hitting me," he said.

+"yananta-yi-lu-rla hey kartik parra-yi-lu-rla nyawa, kuya.

But they didn't do anything because they were scared.

lawara holot bin wuukarra.

That's all.

marntaj.