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p1	Ngayi Marrfurra My name is Marrfurra,

p2	kinyi ngirim Nawuyu Daly River. I live at Nawuyu Daly River.

p3	Ngebem baty mendi kinyi I was born close by near here,

p4	ngan mingugurr kinyi kirrbem, minugumang where that old tamarind tree is still standing, left behind there,

p5	ngan Ridgedale perrik ba at Ridgedale’s fence, oops!,

p6	Ridgedale nide farm I mean on Ridgedale’s Farm,

p7	ngebem baty. that’s where I was born.

p8	Ngatya ngayi kala ngayi My father, my mother,

p9	afutyu ngayi fagarri peyideti wadde wapup and also my two grandmothers used to live there,

p10	Wanytyirr i Dumbul. Wanytyirr and Dumbul.

p11	Pugali ngayi My cousin,

p12	detyengi tyikpala kana who is not well at the moment,

p13	yenim peyideti yedi wapup also lived there

p14	i wurrkama waddi wurrkama. Ngayi peyi nganam fital, and worked there. I grew up there

p15	were ngayi ngenike ngayi warrakma along with my brother and my three sisters,

p16	ngannam fital. we all grew up there.

p17	Ngaddi wappup peyi, When we lived there

p18	walalma ngini ngaddi lali kuderri ngirrgifiring, we used to go out on hunting trips to the billabongs, creeks

p19	dirrpederr, and the river,

p20	gagu tyagani ngini ngaddi, for whatever we could get,

p21	gagu atyalmerr, awin, barramundi, black bream

p22	malarrgu. Ngayim and turtles. My …

p23	kala ngayi my mother (Molly)

p24	dani ket yedi kinyi Tyigerrenyi used to poke with a stick at Red Lily lagoon,

p25	e Pindaya, kuderri kibem mendi kinyi and Pindaya billabong, which are close by here,

p26	gagu malarrgu yedi wawu. and collect lots of turtles.

p27	Yeyi ninggi Sometimes

p28	ngaddi Wunbal awayeyi guniguni yedityerrmusye peyi waddi wappup there were other old people that were living at Wunba,

p29	nyin mikesyu farm werrmebaty tye winni who worked on the cashew farm,

p30	watypala Bob Judge working for that white fella - Bob Judge,

p31	wirrmenne waddi, yedi wapup dede nemta nyinin mikesyu werrem pup they called him. On his place there,

p32	nyinda winni. they used to plant cashews, that’s where they were.

p33	Ngaddi tye nyindeti marrgumarrgu ngini. Sometimes we use to go and visit.

p34

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p35	kuderri peyi ngirrgifiring, there are billabongs and creeks

p36	engelin ngini ngaddi gatit malarrgu, where we would go fishing for long-necked turtle,

p37	ngalwangga, dany, short-necked turtles, those yellow-faced turtles,

p38	yeyi ninggi awin deti yedingirr mewawu. and get lots of black bream.

p39	Nyinnimbi ngannam fital nginifiny kana awakekerre When we came of age

p40	kuwul kana ngaddi wirrir kinyi Misyin we went to school on the Mission.

p41	- piwari nyinwurru that' was the name for it then,

p42	watyaty wirrme bi kuniguni yedityerrmusye. what the old women and men used to call it.

p43	Awa father, sister werri kinyi kana wannim wap The priest and sisters were already here

p44	kuwul kana ngaddi wirrir. when we went into school.

p45	Kuwul nyinnin derrgidi ngerrme napa ngaddi wirrir We liked going to school

p46	ep three o clock merriny ngerme purrket, and used to knock off maybe at three o'clock,

p47	nyin nimbi and then,

p48	nguddeni wul dedenggurr tyagani we’d go home and have a little something,

p49	mityenmi ngurre waty. Nyin nimbi dirrpederr kana ngaddi karrbu we’d find some food to eat. We would then go down to the river

p50	tyutyurr kana ngaddi tyutyurr. for a swim.

p51	Awarrapun mindaga … There weren't any crocs …

p52	Awarrapun mindaga deti, tyep. There weren't any crocodiles back then,

p53	Gagu werrbewurr dada wurru waddi apirri nimbi ngayi wurweti ninggi. because they'd shot them all out back when I was a little girl.

p54	I tyutyurr ngaddi karrbu dirrpederr So we’d be down at the river,

p55	ngaddi tyutyurr. all swimming.

p56	I yeyi ninggi At other times

p57	engelin ngittinge gatit, ngaddi gatit. we used to do a little bit of fishing, we all fished.

p58	Yeyi ninggi ngannigi wulil dideninggi We would swim to the opposite side of the river,

p59	tyaminnapa yerrandiandi ka ngaddi madiwirri dideninggi pagu, and play at ‘pretend families’ over there,

p60	a nguddeni …, nguddeni wul kinyi. only coming back across,

p61	Dani purrtyityip yirrini mirri when the sun was almost setting,

p62	ngaddi madipap. to our bank.

p63	Fren ngayi bakuty ngaddi lali I had many friends,

p64	yip wukumeta. there was a big group of us.

p65	Mumba nyin nimbita ngatya ngayi kala ngayi werri ngaddi Whenever me and mum and dad travelled the roads,

p66	dede ngatya ngayi ninggi daningirr dudu yirrini puy, he'd point out country to us as we travelled along.

p67	i piwari watyaty meyi bi i kinyi meyingirr kinyi Nenerr He'd name all the places, 'Here's Nenerr', he'd say

p68	puy i kinyi Perreme meyi. and then a bit further along, 'This is Perreme', he'd explain.

p69	Detyengi kinyi kana To this day

p70	detyeri werri ngannim dede nyin piwari we know all these places,

p71	wibem kinyi pefi ngan Wunbal this way to Wunbal,

p72	i kinyi mendi Tyigerrenyi, Pindaya, Wan'gufe. up close around here to Tyigerrenyi, and Pindaya and Wan'gufe.

p73	Piwari werri ngatya ngagurr ninggi daningirr fimityatit tye We know these names because our dad taught them to us,

p74	dede nyin watyaty meyiwirr bi yirrini. by naming all those places as we travelled around.