Yandani ngugunu yadgalah
Malgana Ngurra Gathaagudu
Ngali wannga thudarru ngarnija Mandarrinu
Nyinda wurla wujarnu
Nyinda yajarla
Jinamanah barraja
Barranga warani
Welcome good friend, to our Malgana home, two waters
Yandani (welcome), my nameís Nick
And weíre standing in Gathaagudu, Shark Bay
Home of our Malgana saltwater people
I believe that everyone on this planet is descendent from an ancient culture
that's connected, and language was a key part of communication
and the sense of identity for those people.
The welcome to country for us is you know, we talk, we sing,
we dance, we eat, we laugh.
My wish for the New Year is for more of our indigenous language to be taught
around Australia, to build a deeper understanding, respect and connection
between all people and country.
Have a happy new year yajarlaís (friends)
Nanna, look.
My name's Raylene Cooper, I'm at my house in Kalgoorlie.
Every afternoon my grandkids come here after school and Nana Cooper
comes over and she talks to the kids about language.
Pina (ear), kuru (eye).
Ngayunha yini Ngonion,
that's my Wankatja name and my English name is Laurel Cooper.
My mother she's from the desert.
She used to do signs, I still use the signs and still talk my language
and teach my children to talk the language too.
Ngalipa pukulpa. We're happy.
We don't have to say a word, we can easily just use our hands to talk.
It's good to sign because you don't have to talk as much.
Ngalipa pukulpa (we're happy). Happy New Year!
Bujari Gamaruwwa, Memel good day from Memel also known as Goat Island.
My name is Nathan Moran, I'm the CEO of Metro Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Boora Birra, the Great Eel created all of the waterways we enjoyed today.
And then in the creation story actually lays to rest where we stand right now
being Memel, the eye of the Great Eel.
It's an ethos of all the First Nations that our culture should be shared,
you should practice the local language and culture of the area.
So in a comparative of what New Year's Eve is to us,
every six to eight seasonal changes, there will be gatherings,
celebrations in my language, Biripi and Thungutti Kipparra ceremony.
Yabun is our word for dance, celebrate and ceremony.
Dalarinji means it's ours, it's yours, it's everyone's.
Those words really summarise how important Memel is to us
and the importance that we share this culture with everyone.
My name is Luther Cora.
We are the Yugambeh Aboriginal Dancers and our family is the Bungarre family.
We are traditional people from the Gold Coast area and Tweed Heads area,
which is the Yugambeh language group and the Bundjalung Nation.
Our language for welcome, we say jngeri.
This dance is about the eagle and the eagle is very important to our family.
The eagle is our totem. We call the eagle 'Mibunn'.
On New Years we like to come together, dance, sing and tell stories.
Happy New Years.
Ngarranggarni, Ngarranggarni means our story
was passed down to us by our parents, grand-parents.
I speak Gija.
That's the language I been grow up, even though I went away to school,
I came back and was still speaking my Gija language here.
My wish for the New Year is to respect each other
like one big family in the community.
Gooloo-gooloo means happy.
Letís us all celebrate and be happy together.