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NGANGA

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander words have become part of our everyday vocabulary, but we may not know their true meanings or where the words come from. Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson have brought together these words and phrases, and their meanings and their history, in one authoritative and concise collection.

Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir is an Elder and Traditional Owner of Boon Wurrung Country. She is the senior linguist at the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages in Melbourne. Fay is working with her own Boon Wurrung language, recording and putting language into the database for future and present generations. She presents language-related workshops to community members who are reclaiming their languages, as well as universities and TAFEs that are interested in understanding the many and challenging aspects of language reclamation. She also goes out to schools to educate the students about language and culture and to teach language. Nganga is her first children's book. NGANGA

Muir,Anuty Fay

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James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and Other Impolite Terms as Used by the Convict

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In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by re-offending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and intentions. Convict clerk James Hardy Vaux came up with a useful idea: a dictionary of slang and other terms used by convicts. And so, in 1819, he compiled what was to be Australia’s first published dictionary.

With words such as fence (a receiver of stolen goods), flesh-bag (a shirt), flip (to shoot); galloot (a soldier), kid (a child thief), knuckle (to pickpocket), ramp (to rob out in the open), ruffles (handcuffs), screw (a skeleton key), serve (to rob), stamps (shoes) and wrinkle (a lie), Vaux’s dictionary is a fascinating account of convict language, including the origins and early usage of several words that have evolved to become part of Australian English today. And Simon Barnard’s illustrations and supporting accounts of individual convicts and their criminal antics complements this lively picture of Australia’s convict history.
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and Other Impolite Terms as Used by the Convict

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My Personal Dictionary (QLD 4th Edition)

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Helps children understand the use of reference tools through the creation of their own simple versions. Uses Queensland Modern Cursive handwriting font. Includes phonics pages on short-vowel rhyming words. Provides special illustrated wordlists covering themes in the curriculum. Includes all Oxford Wordlist words.

48-pp softcover. Lower/Middle Primary. My Personal Dictionary (QLD 4th Edition)

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