Book Extract - UWA Publishing - The University of Western Australia

MamangFreddie Winmer (Winmir), Borden, 1973.Image courtesy of the B.A.R. Collection, South Australian Museum.This book is inspired by a story Freddie Winmer told thelinguist Gerhardt Laves at Albany, Western Australia, around1931. It has been workshopped in a series of communitymeetings, which included some of the contemporary familyof both those men, and would not have been possiblewithout their involvement and support. We would also liketo thank Dr John Henderson at the University of WesternAustralia, Abmusic (Aboriginal Corporation), the South WestAboriginal Land and Sea Council, the Australian Institute ofAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Mary Gimondo,Lefki Kailis and Margaret Robinson. The goodwill of thefamily of Gerhardt Laves is also very much appreciated.The Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project hasbeen sponsored by the Aboriginal Lands Trust and the WestAustralian Department of Indigenous Affairs, the Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council,the Indigenous Heritage Program of the Departmentof Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population andCommunities and Healthway promoting the Respect YourselfRespect Your Culture message.Key people in the Wirlomin Noongar Language and StoriesProject have included: Hazel Brown, Audrey Brown (RIP),Lomas Roberts Sr (RIP), Helen Nelly, Gerald WilliamsSr, Gerald Williams Jr, Russell Nelly, Iris Woods, GeoffreyWoods (RIP), Roma Winmar, Edward Brown Sr (RIP),Ezzard Flowers, Jenny Crosbie and Kim Scott.To download a reading of this story, or for instruction on howto purchase a CD containing the reading, go to:www.wirlomin.com.au3