So I was just reading a paper:

So I was just reading a paper:

Noongar and non-Aboriginal
people going along together
(Ngulla wangkiny, ni, katitjin
Noongar nyidyung koorliny,
kura, yeye, boorda) by Len Collard and David J Palmer and something Prof. Collard said really stood out for me.


*Gnarl koorliny katitjin baranginy ni: Sweat,
moving and grasping hold of this thing*

"To put it simply, unless you produce sweat on country you are not going to
find out anything about that place. This old Noongar practice of going along on
country to understand that country and its history is a useful elixir to problems
that come from spending all our time in archives and in front of our computers.

When on country we get to see things that would have been instrumental in
shaping what went on. Through listening to birds, the shape and strength of
wind, seeing the species and experiencing the climate we get a clearer idea
of how that country was used and what would have happened.

Going out on
country also helps us to see the presence of Noongar influence a little more
clearly. It is also a good way of understanding the geographical and climatic
context that confronted people. "