About Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Inc.

Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Inc. is an association with the following aims:

• to reclaim Wirlomin stories and dialect, in support of the maintenance of Noongar language, and to share them with Noongar families and communities as part of a process to claim, control and enhance Wirlomin Noongar cultural heritage;
• to return and consolidate Aboriginal culture in its rightful community, create an awareness of its importance and the potential for an appropriate sharing of a Noongar cultural heritage with the wider community;
• to promote Noongar arts and culture through language, storytelling, illustration, music, song and dance to the Noongar community in Perth, Albany and other selected regional centres;
• to promote, foster and encourage Aboriginal authors and illustrators;
• to promote the Wirlomin books as literature/art in Perth, Albany and selected regional centres and also to the book buying public; and
• to provide an opportunity for people to participate in cross-cultural shared activities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people whilst learning about Aboriginal culture.

The Wirlomin group honors the memory of the following founding members who are no longer with us. The continued work of the group is a testament to their spiritual legacy:

• Errol Williams
• Hazel Brown
• Lomas Roberts
• Gerald Williams
• Gerald Williams Jnr
• Geoff Woods
• Audrey Brown
• Rita Dempster
• Russell Nelly
• Geoffrey Roberts
• Edward Brown (Sr.)
• Jenny Crosbie-Moses
• Cedric (Chubbo) Roberts

Membership of the association is open to any person who has connections to the Wirlomin group*, is committed to furthering the objects of the association and who can make a positive contribution to the project’s endeavours.

*not the ‘Wilman’ of Norman Tindale’s map of tribal boundaries

Follow the links below to find out more about Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories.