Inside a car driving down a road surrounded by trees and houses, in black and white.

Experience

  • Six people sitting around a table in a bright, indoor setting, smiling at the camera. The table has cups, glasses, and papers. Large windows show foliage outside.

    Gumbaynggirr Language Community Roundtable

  • Birrugan Dunn-Velasco giving a presentation in a classroom or community center with bookshelves in the background. Several seated people are listening, some taking notes or drinking from cups.

    Supervisor at Wadeye Literature Production Centre

  • People sitting around a conference table in a room with large windows, some watching a television screen on the wall, with snacks and drinks on the table.

    Research on Ray Peckham for Jumbunna Institute

  • Six people sitting around a wooden cafe table, some eating and drinking, with books and plants on the windowsill, in a cozy room with wood-paneled wall.

    Community Work in Nambucca Valley

  • Three people smiling and standing together in an office, with computer equipment and office supplies around them.

    Supporting Dhunghutti Community Language Work

  • A group of people in a room with chairs, some sitting and some standing, engaging in conversation. The room has pictures on the walls, a large monitor, and a sign that reads 'The Youthie.' There are various items including a television, framed pictures, and kitchen appliances visible.

    Bulagan Community Language Classes

  • People installing a graphics card in a computer case.

    Computer Building Workshops

GUMBAYNGGIRR DUNGHUTTI

MULTI-DICIPLINARY NIIGARR

  • I want our language in every crevice of Goori society.

    I am a Gumbaynggirr Language operative. I run free community language classes in the Nambucca Valley through my organisation Bulagan.

    I have worked across government and non-government language institutions inlcuding the NSW Aboriginal Languages Trust, Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation, Giingana Gumbaynggirr Freedom School and the NSW AECG.

    I am determined to make a language economy here in the Nambucca Valley, so that our people can meaningfully and realistically engage and live in the language.

  • I've always loved playing guitar since I was 10 and it has been my only lifeline and my only reason to live, many times.

    I am an independent and self-funded musician, producer and session artist.

    I am working on building a studio for Gooris on Gumbaynggirr Country whilst finding time for my own body of work.

  • I am a passionate historian and researcher. I currently support a research project at Western Sydney University and have previously supported research at UTS Jumbunna Research Institute.

    My research areas include Aboriginal Land Rights and Union Movements, Language Immersion Qualitative data collection and the Australian/Frontier Wars.

  • I am a self-taught IT technician and computer builder. I run workshops sharing my skills and teaching people how to build their own computers.

    I believe in data sovereignty, and have built my own servers to store all my own personal data on my own network.