Book Extract - UWA Publishing - The University of Western Australia

Mamang yira koorl.Whale up goNoongar baal mamang-miyel-ang djinang.Noongar he whale-eye-with seeBaal djert worl-ak wariny djinang.He bird sky-of hanging seeBoola wardarn woora, boodja yoowart.many/much ocean far earth no/notDeep down there in the dark inside the whale the man sang to the rhythmof the whale’s big slow heart beat until, slowly, the light came back. Theman saw ocean all around him, birds in the sky, but no sign of land.10 Mamang