Nurna Ntjwia-Karra-urna lhaka. Ntaria School

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1 Nurna Ntjwia-Karra-urna lhaka Ntaria School

2 Nurna Ntjwia-Karra-urna lhaka.

3 Katjia ntjaarrra urlpaiya-urna lhaka.

4 Irna ntjwia ilarrtjanga etinya.

5 Kwaarrala inmurta ilkuma.

6 Inmurta relhala iklutjaarta.

7 Tharrka nhanha ankar-ankara. Ankar-ankara kwatja ntelama.

8 Nurna nyingka araka. Nyingkala kwatja ntelema.

9 Ntjitjaarra arna kwaarnala naka.

10 Ngantja tnyaama.

11 Kwatja itja!

12 Yaalka tnyaama.

13 The Year 5/6 class went to a soakage east of Ntaria. We travelled east to the boundary fence, then north along the fence line for a few kilometres, west through a gate and north a little further to a little east-west creek. Lily said this place, Ntjwia-Karra, used to be famous, people often came here after they d been kangaroo-hunting. There was always water. We saw some plants and animals that show that there is water nearby: zebra finches, a burrowing frog and ankar-ankara, a sedge grass. David and the children dug in the creek. They soon found damp sand, but kept hitting rocks before they reached water. Lily said there used to be a patch of damp ground on the surface, and people dug there to get water. Maybe because of all the dry years, there was no damp patch on the surface of the creek when we went there.

14 1. Nurna Ntjwia-Karra-urna lhaka. We went to Ntjwia-Karra. 2. Katjia ntjaarrra urlpaiya-urna lhaka. The children went into the creek. 11. Yalka tnyaama. Digging up yaalka. 3. Irna ntjwia ilarrtjanga etinya. The corkwood nearby. 4. Kwaarrala inmurta ilkuma. The girls are eating mustard grass. 5. Inmurta relhala iklutjaarta. People used to eat mustard grass. 6. Tharrka nhanha ankar-ankara. Ankar-ankara kwatja ntelama. This is ankar-ankar sedge. Ankar-ankar shows where water is. 7. Nurna nyingka araka. Nyingkala kwatja ntelema. We saw zebra finches. Zebra finches show where water is. 8. Ntjitjaarra arna kwaarnala naka. A frog found under the ground. 9. Ngantja tnyaama. Digging a soakage. 10. Kwatja itja! No water!

15 In term 3, 2009, Ntaria school did water place activities, as part of their Indigenous Language & Culture and science program, with Lily and David Roennfeldt, and Meg Mooney from Tangentyere s Land & Learning program. The Year 2/3 class went to a waterhole called Salt-Salt in the Finke River to look for little animals for the minibeast theme they were working on. The Year 5/6 class went to look for a soakage east of Ntaria, that Lily knew about, but hadn t visited for a long time. The Middle Years girls went to Gilbert Springs, west of Ntaria, and surveyed the water animals there. Lily also dug a soak with them in the Finke River. Class 5/6 were also working on a minibeasts theme and they and the 2/3 class used microscopes that Meg brought out (borrowed from the Alice Springs Desert Park) to look at the small water animals collected at the two water places visited. This booklet was produced by Meg Mooney. Lily and David Roennfeldt contributed to and checked the Western Arrarnta text. Photos are by David Roennfeldt and Tangentyere. The Year 2/3 and Middle Years activities are shown in other booklets. This project is supported by Tangentyere Council through funding from the Australian Government s Caring for our Country.

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