Yorta Yorta clans include the Bangerang, Kailtheban, Wollithiga, Moira, Penrith, Ulupna, Kwat Kwat, Yalaba Yalaba and Nguaria-iiliam-wurrung. The name is also spelled Jotijota, Jodajoda, Joti-jota, Yodayod, Yoda-Yoda, Yoorta, Yota, Yoti Yoti, Yotta-Yotta, Youta; other names are Arramouro, Boonegatha, Echuca, Gunbowerooranditchgoole, Gunbowers, Kwart Kwart, Ngarrimouro ~ Ngarrimowro, Unungun, Wol-lithiga ~ Woollathura.
Although the language is considered dormant due to contact with Europeans and forcible dislocation to missions, the Yorta Yorta had maintained many words. There have been strong moves of late to revive the language.
Two Yorta Yorta women, Lois Peeler and Sharon Atkinson, together with Dr Heather Bowe from Monash University, worked for several years to compile a comprehensive record of research material, entitled Yorta Yorta Language Heritage. This work provided a summary of existing written records, with reference to the spoken resources, and included introductory lessons in Yorta Yorta, together with English to Yorta Yorta and Yorta Yorta to English dictionaries.
The Yorta Yorta are an indigenous Australian people who have traditionally inhabited the area surrounding the junction of the Goulburn and Murray Rivers in present-day north-eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales. The Yorta Yorta comprises a number of separate family groups, which include the Bangerang, Kailtheban, Wollithiga, Moira, Ulupna, Kwat Kwat, Yalaba Yalaba, and Ngurai-illiam-wurrung. Their language is the Yorta Yorta language.
History
Native title claim
In a Native title claim submitted in 1995 by the Yorta Yorta people, it was determined by Justice Olney in 1998 that the "tide of history" had "washed away" any real acknowledgement of traditional laws and any real observance of traditional customs by the applicants. An appeal was made to the full bench of the Federal Court on the grounds that "the trial judge erroneously adopted a ‘frozen in time’ approach" and "failed to give sufficient recognition to the capacity of traditional laws and customs to adapt to changed circumstances". The Appeal was dismissed in a majority 2 to 1 decision. The case was taken on appeal to the High Court of Australia but also dismissed in a 5 to 2 majority ruling in December 2002.
The Whowie - Monster of the Riverina - Yorta Yorta Myths (Australian Aboriginal) - Extra Mythology
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Yorta Yorta Welcome to Country - Uncle Colin Walker
Yorta Yorta Elder Uncle Colin Walker welcoming us to our ancestral lands and waterways, the lands of the Yorta Yorta Nations.
published: 29 Jan 2021
Jimmy Little Yorta Yorta man.
About the Murray river
published: 16 Feb 2011
Shepparton & Goulburn Valley - Welcome to Yorta Yorta Country
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Proud Yorta Yorta and Warlpiri woman and I play my own game | NAIDOC Week | ABC Australia
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UniSA Choir transports the whole audience of TEDxUniSA 2019 to the Torres Strait Islands traditional land and nature with "Inanay".
A local, university choir comprised of students and staff from the School of Creative Industries at the University of South Australia. Conducted by Christie Anderson and organised by Russell Fewster. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
published: 30 Sep 2019
Learning Yorta Yorta in the classroom
NAIDOC Week: Learning Yorta Yorta in the classroom at Gowrie Steet Primary
published: 21 Jul 2017
Yorta Yorta: the river people of the Murray "Tongola"
Yorta Yorta descendant, George Nelson, talks about his great grandfather, Thomas James or as he was more fondly known as, grandpa james. An interesting history of Echuca, missionary life and Aboriginal culture and identity.
Created as part of an ACMI Digital Storytelling Program in the Digital Studio or outreach program.
published: 22 Aug 2021
From Dhungala with love
A Yorta Yorta elder films an ABC Open Video Postcard on a smartphone and blogs about her ancestral language.
My grandmother was one of the last Yorta Yorta speakers. She taught Yorta Yorta language at Worowa College in Healesville, Victoria. At some stage I undertook the research for the Yorta Yorta Language Heritage Book (dictionary).
My mother and my children speak some of the language. Some years after the dictionary was published there was a demand to start language classes for community members to revive the language. We did a pilot study and applied for funding to do a 12 month project, funded by the Office of the Arts. This process not only invited me to learn my language but it also developed an interest in the intensity of cultural development attached to language renewal. Unles...
published: 27 May 2019
Yorta Yorta Language Class 121112
Yorta Yorta language program run at the Kaiela Institute Shepparton-
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Welcome to Yorta Yorta Country. Today, this is also a home for people from all around the world.
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The place where now over 50 languag...
Welcome to Yorta Yorta Country. Today, this is also a home for people from all around the world.
https://sheppandgv.com.au
The place where now over 50 languages are spoken. And we're connecting, transforming and celebrating our core values and ways of life. This is a place that has a strong history and present of daring to be bold, independent and innovative. This has been a fertile and abundant place since time immemorial.
It has now grown to become an unsung hero of feeding and flavoring far and wide across the country, a place where the established and emerging create kaleidoscope of experiences underpinned by the rich beauty of legacies of our ancestors that echo through these lands. A dynamic place etched with unique towns and cities, each holding their own history of cross-cultural growth and local character, each showing us broader, deeper shades and signs of life.
Never boring. Always vibrantly surprising and culturally inspiring.
This is Shepparton and Goulburn Valley. Regional Victoria's abundant dynamic cultural capital.
Come see for yourself.
Welcome to Yorta Yorta Country. Today, this is also a home for people from all around the world.
https://sheppandgv.com.au
The place where now over 50 languages are spoken. And we're connecting, transforming and celebrating our core values and ways of life. This is a place that has a strong history and present of daring to be bold, independent and innovative. This has been a fertile and abundant place since time immemorial.
It has now grown to become an unsung hero of feeding and flavoring far and wide across the country, a place where the established and emerging create kaleidoscope of experiences underpinned by the rich beauty of legacies of our ancestors that echo through these lands. A dynamic place etched with unique towns and cities, each holding their own history of cross-cultural growth and local character, each showing us broader, deeper shades and signs of life.
Never boring. Always vibrantly surprising and culturally inspiring.
This is Shepparton and Goulburn Valley. Regional Victoria's abundant dynamic cultural capital.
Come see for yourself.
Takeover Shepparton winner, Keegee. Read her story here: https://www.abc.net.au/takeover/programs/takeover-shepparton/takeover-shepparton-winner-keegee/13868698...
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A local, university choir c...
UniSA Choir transports the whole audience of TEDxUniSA 2019 to the Torres Strait Islands traditional land and nature with "Inanay".
A local, university choir comprised of students and staff from the School of Creative Industries at the University of South Australia. Conducted by Christie Anderson and organised by Russell Fewster. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
UniSA Choir transports the whole audience of TEDxUniSA 2019 to the Torres Strait Islands traditional land and nature with "Inanay".
A local, university choir comprised of students and staff from the School of Creative Industries at the University of South Australia. Conducted by Christie Anderson and organised by Russell Fewster. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Yorta Yorta descendant, George Nelson, talks about his great grandfather, Thomas James or as he was more fondly known as, grandpa james. An interesting history ...
Yorta Yorta descendant, George Nelson, talks about his great grandfather, Thomas James or as he was more fondly known as, grandpa james. An interesting history of Echuca, missionary life and Aboriginal culture and identity.
Created as part of an ACMI Digital Storytelling Program in the Digital Studio or outreach program.
Yorta Yorta descendant, George Nelson, talks about his great grandfather, Thomas James or as he was more fondly known as, grandpa james. An interesting history of Echuca, missionary life and Aboriginal culture and identity.
Created as part of an ACMI Digital Storytelling Program in the Digital Studio or outreach program.
A Yorta Yorta elder films an ABC Open Video Postcard on a smartphone and blogs about her ancestral language.
My grandmother was one of the last Yorta Yorta spe...
A Yorta Yorta elder films an ABC Open Video Postcard on a smartphone and blogs about her ancestral language.
My grandmother was one of the last Yorta Yorta speakers. She taught Yorta Yorta language at Worowa College in Healesville, Victoria. At some stage I undertook the research for the Yorta Yorta Language Heritage Book (dictionary).
My mother and my children speak some of the language. Some years after the dictionary was published there was a demand to start language classes for community members to revive the language. We did a pilot study and applied for funding to do a 12 month project, funded by the Office of the Arts. This process not only invited me to learn my language but it also developed an interest in the intensity of cultural development attached to language renewal. Unless you have someone to talk to in your language, the language will stagnate, so teaching other people to speak Yorta Yorta has had numerous benefits.
Over the years many models of teaching have been tried and failed or just stopped, but this language development has been built to be sustainable, through the process of involving community according to their availability. We constructed a model that is based on small groups of five people per one hour session.
Throughout this time we have had a number of people do the language sessions.
One participant has published a Yorta Yorta children’s book. The local library currently has an Indigenous writing awards with an Indigenous language section in it for participants to enter language articles.
We are currently working on expressing language through audio visual media and are planning to have an exhibition in September of this year. The revival of language has been very instrumental in developing the confidence and self-esteem of the Aboriginal community in this area. There is also a very keen interest from the mainstream sector in Indigenous language development.
Produced by Sharon Atkinson and ABC Open Albury-Wodonga
This video was originally contributed to the ABC Open Mother Tongue project, which invited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to share a story about their mother tongue.
A Yorta Yorta elder films an ABC Open Video Postcard on a smartphone and blogs about her ancestral language.
My grandmother was one of the last Yorta Yorta speakers. She taught Yorta Yorta language at Worowa College in Healesville, Victoria. At some stage I undertook the research for the Yorta Yorta Language Heritage Book (dictionary).
My mother and my children speak some of the language. Some years after the dictionary was published there was a demand to start language classes for community members to revive the language. We did a pilot study and applied for funding to do a 12 month project, funded by the Office of the Arts. This process not only invited me to learn my language but it also developed an interest in the intensity of cultural development attached to language renewal. Unless you have someone to talk to in your language, the language will stagnate, so teaching other people to speak Yorta Yorta has had numerous benefits.
Over the years many models of teaching have been tried and failed or just stopped, but this language development has been built to be sustainable, through the process of involving community according to their availability. We constructed a model that is based on small groups of five people per one hour session.
Throughout this time we have had a number of people do the language sessions.
One participant has published a Yorta Yorta children’s book. The local library currently has an Indigenous writing awards with an Indigenous language section in it for participants to enter language articles.
We are currently working on expressing language through audio visual media and are planning to have an exhibition in September of this year. The revival of language has been very instrumental in developing the confidence and self-esteem of the Aboriginal community in this area. There is also a very keen interest from the mainstream sector in Indigenous language development.
Produced by Sharon Atkinson and ABC Open Albury-Wodonga
This video was originally contributed to the ABC Open Mother Tongue project, which invited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to share a story about their mother tongue.
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https://sheppandgv.com.au
The place where now over 50 languages are spoken. And we're connecting, transforming and celebrating our core values and ways of life. This is a place that has a strong history and present of daring to be bold, independent and innovative. This has been a fertile and abundant place since time immemorial.
It has now grown to become an unsung hero of feeding and flavoring far and wide across the country, a place where the established and emerging create kaleidoscope of experiences underpinned by the rich beauty of legacies of our ancestors that echo through these lands. A dynamic place etched with unique towns and cities, each holding their own history of cross-cultural growth and local character, each showing us broader, deeper shades and signs of life.
Never boring. Always vibrantly surprising and culturally inspiring.
This is Shepparton and Goulburn Valley. Regional Victoria's abundant dynamic cultural capital.
Come see for yourself.
Takeover Shepparton winner, Keegee. Read her story here: https://www.abc.net.au/takeover/programs/takeover-shepparton/takeover-shepparton-winner-keegee/13868698
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UniSA Choir transports the whole audience of TEDxUniSA 2019 to the Torres Strait Islands traditional land and nature with "Inanay".
A local, university choir comprised of students and staff from the School of Creative Industries at the University of South Australia. Conducted by Christie Anderson and organised by Russell Fewster. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Yorta Yorta descendant, George Nelson, talks about his great grandfather, Thomas James or as he was more fondly known as, grandpa james. An interesting history of Echuca, missionary life and Aboriginal culture and identity.
Created as part of an ACMI Digital Storytelling Program in the Digital Studio or outreach program.
A Yorta Yorta elder films an ABC Open Video Postcard on a smartphone and blogs about her ancestral language.
My grandmother was one of the last Yorta Yorta speakers. She taught Yorta Yorta language at Worowa College in Healesville, Victoria. At some stage I undertook the research for the Yorta Yorta Language Heritage Book (dictionary).
My mother and my children speak some of the language. Some years after the dictionary was published there was a demand to start language classes for community members to revive the language. We did a pilot study and applied for funding to do a 12 month project, funded by the Office of the Arts. This process not only invited me to learn my language but it also developed an interest in the intensity of cultural development attached to language renewal. Unless you have someone to talk to in your language, the language will stagnate, so teaching other people to speak Yorta Yorta has had numerous benefits.
Over the years many models of teaching have been tried and failed or just stopped, but this language development has been built to be sustainable, through the process of involving community according to their availability. We constructed a model that is based on small groups of five people per one hour session.
Throughout this time we have had a number of people do the language sessions.
One participant has published a Yorta Yorta children’s book. The local library currently has an Indigenous writing awards with an Indigenous language section in it for participants to enter language articles.
We are currently working on expressing language through audio visual media and are planning to have an exhibition in September of this year. The revival of language has been very instrumental in developing the confidence and self-esteem of the Aboriginal community in this area. There is also a very keen interest from the mainstream sector in Indigenous language development.
Produced by Sharon Atkinson and ABC Open Albury-Wodonga
This video was originally contributed to the ABC Open Mother Tongue project, which invited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to share a story about their mother tongue.
Yorta Yorta clans include the Bangerang, Kailtheban, Wollithiga, Moira, Penrith, Ulupna, Kwat Kwat, Yalaba Yalaba and Nguaria-iiliam-wurrung. The name is also spelled Jotijota, Jodajoda, Joti-jota, Yodayod, Yoda-Yoda, Yoorta, Yota, Yoti Yoti, Yotta-Yotta, Youta; other names are Arramouro, Boonegatha, Echuca, Gunbowerooranditchgoole, Gunbowers, Kwart Kwart, Ngarrimouro ~ Ngarrimowro, Unungun, Wol-lithiga ~ Woollathura.
Although the language is considered dormant due to contact with Europeans and forcible dislocation to missions, the Yorta Yorta had maintained many words. There have been strong moves of late to revive the language.
Two Yorta Yorta women, Lois Peeler and Sharon Atkinson, together with Dr Heather Bowe from Monash University, worked for several years to compile a comprehensive record of research material, entitled Yorta Yorta Language Heritage. This work provided a summary of existing written records, with reference to the spoken resources, and included introductory lessons in Yorta Yorta, together with English to Yorta Yorta and Yorta Yorta to English dictionaries.
in his case the Nukunu language, in regional South Australia... Yorta Yorta woman, Taneshia Atkinson echoes the intrinsic value of "wala", or water in her language, from a cultural landscape thousands of kilometres away in south-eastern Australia.