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nomo Manyu.

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Nitji an ngayiny pakurtu, maitbi Ronika, wayi.

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bigij-wan-ma nganayila.

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bigij-wan nyila-ma yapawurru xxx.

Really?

wayi.

The two of them, Nitji and Bruce travelled up west as kids.

nyila na ngu-wula yani karlarnirra.

The kids were playing around.

trai-na gu playing-bat karlarnirra ngu-wula wilawilap-pa-rni karlarnirra nyila-ma yapawurru kujarra-ma.

If we see some some men, we'll go back.

ngu-yinangulu nyangku kuya-ngku +" nyangku-rli wart.

They found people sitting down there and they were afraid and wanted to come back

+" nyampa-wu-ja maiti nyila nyangka-yi na kurlarra-wu, ngumpit-walija, ngu-wula yanani ngu-wula warrij-ma yanani.

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"Come here, come here, it's just us".

+" kawayi kawayi-warla kawayi-warla nyawa-ma-rnalu ngantipa.

"You two come here", and so they did and stood there. *FBR: ngu-wula-rla yani, marluka Japarta. 43930_48505

+" yanta-wula, ngu-wula kutij na karrinya.

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ngu-wula yanani

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marluka-yayi japarta

And Lightning came with him.

ngu-wula yani Lightning-ma.

Malyjurrungarna is the name of a person and they are at a place on Inverway near the rubbish dump.

an Malyjurrungarna.

These two came up to him.

ngu-wula-rla yani.

They came up to them.

ngu-yinangkulu yani.

"We were just walking around," the kids said.

+" nyawa-ma-rnalu yani ngantipa.

"You two go and talk to him".

manyja-wula-rla.

"You two go east and ask for Piyit".

+" yanta-wula wart karrawarra, manyja-wula-rla Piyit-ku, kuya.

Right, the two of them headed east and down.

rait, ngu-wula yani karrawarra wart, kanyjupal.

Nitji talked to his jawiji.

ngu-rla marni jawiji-wu, ngu-rla marni Nitji-ma.

Jawiji I have something to tell you.

+"jawiji ngu-rnangku piyarrp parru, punyu yu nou kuya.

"Well what do you have to say?

+" wal nyatpa-warla kuya.

"On the westside there were a lot of men all painted white".

+" nyawa-rni-warla karlarnimpa jarrwa ngumpit ngu-lu punungarri.

The men said to the kids "Did you recognise the two men.

+" ngu-rnayinangkulu kujarra ngumpit nganta ngu-nkuwula ngarrka marnana nyuntu-ma.

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What kind of men are they?

+" nyatpang-warla ngumpit nyila.

Those two are really big!

+" bard-baga kujarra!

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One was tall and then other was short and fat.

wan-bala-ma juwal, wan-bala-ma lututu bard-baga kuya.

That was Matjurrungarna - he was the short fat one. *FBR: not Matjurrungarna nganayirla Kurlmin Kurlmin. 114236_117951

ngana ngana Matjurrungarna nyila-ma.

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That was Kurlmin.

Kurlmin nyila-ma.

The other one was Lightning's bunji.

an nyila naja-wan, ngunang na Lightning.

Piyit was travelling west.

rait im-in gu na karlarnirra Piyit yanani kuya ola-wei karlarnirra.

Piyit was travelling west.

karlarnirra na yanani ngu Piyit-ma karlarnimpa.

That's when he saw a mob.

ngu-yina nyanya kuya-ngka-ma.

He stood with them.

ngu-yina kutij karrinya.

Don't you two more hiding yourself.

& +" lawara-wula warl-a karra-lu.

Come back you mob.

+" yanta-lu.

You mob stop fighting now and come back.

nyila-ma waringarri-ma wanyjarra-lu pirlk yanta-lu.

They left then.

ngu-lu yani na.

Piyit took them back down to the camp.

ngu-lu yani ngu-yina kanya kanyjurra, kanyjupal ngurra-ngka-wu.

Another lot of men came up and they said to them.

ngu-lu yani jam-bala-ma ngumpit yala-nginyi-ma, kaaarnirra ngu-yinangkulu marni.

they were cutting wood to make fire.

warrkuj working-ta na warlu kuya-lu kumanani karnti warlu.

This was for the station - only white workers had a stove.

station-ku yu nou wi bin hab-im stove yet kartipa-lu-ma.

The Aboriginal workers had firewood which they had to cut and take to camp.

dei bin hab-im warlu yet kataj-karra marntaj teik-im jarrei, kuya.

Anyway we picked some others up from the east and threw our swags down.

ngu-rnayingkulu warrkuj mani kaarniyin-ma-lu yani nyila-ma tudei-ngku-rla wirrman-karra yuwani.

We were tired and this mob too.

nakanakap na marntaj, nyawa-rtiny too.

This one bloke here (talking about Monkey who is sitting there).

nyawa na jintaku.

Thomas Monkey was a young bloke then.

im-in yang-bala dij nyawa-ma marluka-ma Yikapayi-ma.

Well, why did you two come up.

wali, nyampa-wu-nta-ja yani?

We're just visiting for no particular reason.

+" jupu ngu-rnalu yani, kuya.

They're after that one man there because they'd had having waringarri.

ngu-lu abta-im mani jintaku ngumpit jeya.

The man was a Jungurra from Rosewood.

Jungurra dat ngumpit im Rosewood ngumpit-ma nyila-ma yini-ma.

That's who they were after.

wal abta-im mani nyila na.

They found each other at Kurlawi and had a war there.

ngu-lun ngu-lu-nyunu faind-im langa nganayila Kurlawi-la dei bin hab-im big waringarri la Kurlawi.

They all fought there.

ngu-yina yala-ngka-rni pani.

Some men headed to Wave Hill and stayed there.

jam-bala-ma-lu yani Wave Hill-jirri na, ngajik ngajik.

The mob that headed there were Yurlkan Japalyi, Chip Mirliyarri Jampin (he was a chef), Splinter Jingkanyanu Jampin (married to Connie's mother) and maybe one more.

nyila-ma-lu yani Yurlkan an Mirliyarri wayi Jingkanyanu nganayila.

That's all now - four of them headed east to Jinparrak.

that's all now, murrkun ngu-lu kaarnirra.

Where he went for good.

dei bin gu ngajik-pa-rni.

After the fight, our father Marlngurt Jampin left me and went west to Palmer Springs and worked there instead.

& an ngantipany murlu-wu dadi, Marlngurt, ngu-yi yani karlarnirra waringarri waringarri-la na ngajik-pa-rni karlarra im-in gu-wei ngajik-pa-rni langa, im-in waruk langa karlany Palmer Springs-parla karrinya.

After that he went a long way west to Derby.

yala-ngurlu-ma yani karlarra nyawa langa Derby-la kurlarra na.

Marlngurt passed away at Derby but he had a son and daughter.

yala-ngka na ngu-nyunu los-im mani wal im garram nyanuny dota deya an nyanuny son na.

You know the one - we both saw Marlngurt at Pandanus Spring in WA.

nyanawu yini ngu-rli nyanya ngali-ma, la Pandanus Spring-kula.

There's a house there.

karlarnirra-ma nyawa-warla marru jeya na ngu.

There were Japalyis there.

ngu-lu Japalyi-walija jeya na, ngaliwuny-ma.

There was a big group of us there on the west side.

karlarnimpa nyawa na ngu-rnalu karrinya warrp-ma.

He went and they apologised to each other.

ngu yani nyila-ma ngu yani ngu-lu-nyunu apologise-ta marni kaarniinkarra-ma marntaj.

"No more fighting for us now".

+" lawara yanta-lu, murlu-wu waringarri-wu-warla.

Leave that war business behind.

nyila-ma karra-rla waringarri-ma.

We'll leave it now.

+" karru-rla.

"We'll be friends together in the north and south, they said.

+"jaliji karru-rla kayirra kurlarra, kuya, ngu-lu marni.

"Yes, let's do a corroborree tomorrow, shall we".

+" yuu kaputa-la ngu-lu wanyjarnani wajarra na nganta.

They were dancing together.

wajarra na ngu-lu wanyjarnani.

Jungkara went up to them then.

wayi ngu-yina yani nganayirla Jungkara-ma.

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Jungkara was a Jangala from Ord River.

im Jangala dat Jungkara Ord River-ngarna.

Jungkara went south up to this mob.

ngu-yina yani nganta murla-rtiny-ku na kurlarra-k.

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I've come on my own - give me some tobacco you mob.

+" ngu-rna-nyunu yani nyawa-ma ngunyju jayingka-yi-lu, xxx ngu yani.

He didn't come for tobacco, he was looking for where Rosewood was sleeping.

kula yani ngunyju-wu ngu-rla nyanya jik.

"Where's he sleeping?

+" wanyjika karrinyana makin?

"That Rosewood.

"+" Rosewood nyila.

"That Jungurra - where is he," he looked straight in his eyes and knew him immediately.

+" Jungurra wanyjika karrinyana ngu jurtuk-ta nyanya.

He saw him sitting down there.

ngu nyanya kuya-ngku-ma nyawa kanyjurra karrinyana kuya.

Yes.

yuu.

That mob were sleeping to southwards.

murlu-rntirl karrinyani makin, ngu-lu nyawa-rntirl na, kurlarra-k.

They'd been dancing.

warrkap na kaputa-la-ma.

They were all asleep, tired fom dancing.

warrkap-ta makin makin na nyawa-ma ngu-lu karrinyani.

Jangkara got a crowbar.

Jungkara-lu-ma im-in ged-im crowbar na, long-wan crowbar.

He got a really sharp one.

sharp-bala too nyila-ma crowbar-ma, broba sharp-bala.

And he made the end narrow and sharp.

an im nyawa-ma ngawi im-in kat-im kuya-ngku meik-im ngawi.

Narrow one at the end.

skini-wan.

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Yes, tell her in English.

yuwayi manyja-rla English-jawung-ma nyuntu-ma kuya na.