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Adelaidean 21 April 1997 Adelaidean Vol 6 No 6 AdelaideanN EWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE APRIL 21, 1997 Kaurna language subject ‘begins at home’ The revival of the language of the Aboriginal Community College, Port He said German missionaries “lightning brain”). Aboriginal people of the Adelaide Adelaide). Teichelmann and Schürmann pro- Professor Mühlhäusler said that plains is being recognised with the Now, students at the University of duced a vocabulary and a sketch gram- Adelaide Linguistics should “begin at establishment of a subject in Kaurna Adelaide will be able to learn some of mar last century. home”. language at the University of Adelaide. the language, study its structure, The only available texts are transla- Kaurna Elder Mr Lewis O’Brien Professor of Linguistics Peter understand the context in which the tions of two speeches given by welcomed the new subject and noted Mühlhäusler said he hoped Adelaide language existed at the time of coloni- Governor Gawler in 1838 and 1840, that Kaurna people had always valued Linguistics could offer other courses sation, and appreciate the circum- the Ten Commandments, two letters education. relevant to South Australian stances under which the language is written by Kaurna children in the being revived. “I believe the Kaurna language has Aboriginal languages and establish 1840s, and several short songlines. a certain beauty of expression and itself as a centre for training and The second semester subject will fea- Professor Mühlhäusler said embodies a lot of thoughts and con- retraining of teachers of Australia’s ture guest lectures by Kaurna people Adelaide linguists had worked closely cepts that are worth pursuing and def- indigenous languages. and excursions to important Kaurna with missionary linguists in Germany initely worthy of revival,” Mr O’Brien As far as is known, a woman called sites and neighbouring regions. and had located new materials on said. Ivaritji was the last fluent speaker of Interest in rekindling the language Kaurna and other South Australian He said he and other Kaurna people Kaurna. She died in 1929 and the lan- had its genesis in the resurgence in indigenous languages. had always used some Kaurna words guage probably ceased being used flu- Aboriginal identity and political The documentation shows how and phrases. ently on a daily basis some time last activism in the late 1960s and early Kaurna people created new words for —David Washington century. 1970s, and work with the Kaurna lan- concepts and objects brought by the guage began in 1989/90. However, enough of the original lan- colonists. By analysing the principles Professor Peter Mühlhäusler’s new guage is known to enable it to be Linguist and University of Adelaide they used, Kaurna people in the 1990s Atlas mapping the world’s endangered taught to children at the Kaurna PhD student Rob Amery said Kaurna have been constructing new words for languages is being launched on 21 Plains School, and to adults at could be taught, despite an absence of modern objects like computers April. See story page 4. Inbarendi College and Tauondi (the speakers or sound recordings. (mukarndo, which literally means University farewells its long-standing Registrar Mr Frank O’Neill is leaving the would leave the University’s employ- University of Adelaide after more than ment in July, but would remain as a 16 years as Registrar, the University senior consultant, strong friend and has announced. advocate of the University. Mr O’Neill paid tribute to University The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mary staff, and said he believed the O’Kane, said Mr O’Neill had played a University had an exciting future most significant role in the University’s under Professor O’Kane. growth and development. “I’m confident the University will “He’s one of the great lateral achieve its vision of becoming one of thinkers and problem solvers in the the great international universities, Australian higher education system,” and I’m looking forward to continuing Professor O’Kane said. to contribute to that vision in my new She said Mr O’Neill had supported role as a consultant.” four Vice-Chancellors in the expansion Professor O’Kane said that in the of the University from an institution of light of Mr O’Neill’s decision she had 9000 students in 1981 to 15,000 stu- reconsidered the arrangements for dents this year. supervision of central administrative The Chancellor, Mr Bill Scammell, services as outlined in the Penington praised Mr O’Neill’s dedicated and Report. enthusiastic service to the University, There will now be two senior particularly his support of its govern- Managers in the central administra- ing body, the University Council. tion, one responsible for Student and Mr O’Neill, who will pursue business Staff Services, the other for Finance interests in education, has strongly and Infrastructure. supported a number of key University The Manager, Student and Staff developments, including the purchase Services, will have responsibility for and development of the University’s Student Administration and related highly successful Commerce and support services, International Prog- Research precinct at Thebarton. rams, Wilto Yerlo, Office of Continuing He has contributed to Australia’s Education, Alumni Association liaison, higher education system through his Personnel Services and Equal Oppor- roles as Convenor of the Australian tunity. 565001/00046 Vice-Chancellors’ Committee Senior The Manager, Finance and Special guest artist at the Jazz Awards Concert in Scott Theatre on 3 April Administrators’ Conference, Chair of Infrastructure, will be responsible for was saxophonist Dusty Cox, who has joined the staff of the Elder the National General Staff Award finance and systems, information tech- Post Conservatorium’s Jazz Studies, replacing Tony Hobbs. Dusty was joined by Restructuring Team, and Chair of nology, Property Services, the Centre Bruce Hancock (piano), Darcy Wright (string bass) and Laurie Kennedy Unipower Ltd, a software development for Physical Health, Animal Services, (drums) to perform one of his own compositions, “Jadey-Bird”. cooperative. He is a director of several Radio 5UV and maintenance and secu- Print Photograph by Phil Jeffers courtesy of the Helpmann Academy. University-related companies. rity issues on all campuses. Professor O’Kane said Mr O’Neill Continued on Page 3 For ed v The University of Adelaide will confer just under 2800 degrees at its annual Commemoration Ceremonies this month, with almost 2100 graduands receiving their degrees in person. In this issue, we feature some of those INSIDE new graduates — see stories on pages 4, 5, 7 and 8. Appro PAGE 2 APRIL 21, 1997 ILLUMINATION ADELAIDEAN GUEST COMMENTARY The Wanda Koolmatrie hoax: Who cares? Does it matter? Of course it does! Not another literary hoax! This time, it by speak. Yet B. Wongar, while he was Farewells and new seems, at least one former South Dr Sue Hosking arguably culpable of appropriating Australian has fooled not only literary Department of English Aboriginality, at least cared sufficiently connections judges but High School curriculum advis- about the disintegration of Aboriginal cul- ers and Aboriginal readers as well. Writing ture to write about that process in ways An inevitable and healthy aspect of the under the name Wanda Koolmatrie, Leon Carmen (or that drew attention to some horrific problems, such as life of a major University is the changing nature of its community. At any given whoever he represents: there may be more to this the desecration of tribal lands and people by nuclear time there are people joining the story than meets the eye [The Australian 29/3/97]) testing. Perhaps, looking back, it was too convenient University and others leaving. It is my managed to win the Nita May Dobbie National Award to close our ears to what Wongar/Bozic was telling us hope that those leaving retain their con- for a first novel written by a woman. In South Australia in his stolen voice. nections with the University and remem- his book, My Own Sweet Time, has been studied by More recently we have been exposed to the scandal ber it fondly. students in Aboriginal Studies courses. Who cares? of Mudrooroo, who was once Colin Johnson (“Identity As the annual Commemoration season Does it matter? Crisis”, The Australian Magazine, July 20-21, 1996). approaches we think of the students who Carmen’s attitude is one that some literary critics will Mudrooroo identified as a Nyoongah, and as a have been with us for the time of their identify with. “People are people. Books are books.” Nyoongah he offered advice to all Aboriginal writers. course and have now moved on, hopefully In other words, when we are dealing with fiction, any- In hindsight, clearly it was foolish of Mudrooroo to pre- to exciting and rewarding employment. thing goes. This argument has also been used in We encourage them to become active sume to define Aboriginality in a way that excluded alumni, spreading the message about the Helen Darville’s defence. Postmodern critics have writers like Sally Morgan; she had won acceptance in University as they engage with the wider liberated books from their authors and when they look the mainstream, claimed Mudrooroo, only because world. for meanings in texts they are scarcely interested in she was “young, gifted and not very black” (Writing what an author might have intended. From the Fringe, 149). It was a shock for the true We are currently saying goodbye to sever- al high-profile staff members. Anyone Tensions exist in postmodern approaches to texts. believers to read that Mudrooroo’s identity had been reading the recent weekend Australian On the one hand, hierarchies of all kinds are chal- contested by his siblings, insisting that they had never will have seen James Halliday’s article lenged and dismantled. The notion of a master narra- even mistakenly been identified as Aboriginal.
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