Bentley James
Anthropologist/Linguist/Educator
https://www.yolngusignlanguage.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/SaveYSL/
Centre for Australian Studies Universität zu Köln.
APE Association of Philanthropic Ethnograpy.
ALAA Applied Linguistics Association of Australia.
Mobile: 0402704354
Hi, we are interested in buying a copy of the atlas. Is it for sale, where can we find it and how much is it please?
Hope to hear from you, happy days. Cilla
Thank you for your thoughtful correspondence and kind words. I am sure if I had been able to pass them on to Baymarrwangga she would have smiled too. Her instructions were that the Atlas is a resource of ancestral knowledge not for sale. We cannot sell the Atlas, but we can encourage donations to assist in furthering the project of passing on this rare knowledge asset to the next generations. As always donors giving more than a thousand dollars will receive an Atlas as a gift, the few remaining others are for the children Big Boss created them for. To the many sincere people that generously promised their help the opportunity is here. The distribution of the Atlas to schoolchildren around the N.T continues. The North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd (NAILSMA) as always is helping out and your donation to the NAILSMA tax deductible gift account will help us share this valuable resource to schools.
I just watched the documentary about ‘Big Boss’ and Yan Nhanu people – it was one of the most moving documentaries I have seen. I wish the whole world could learn these lessons.
You are wise thank you
We have just watched your documentary on Big Boss. What an absolutely amazing lady and how lucky you were to have known her. Is there a possibility of buying the dictionary/atlas? We believe that all Australians need to learn more about aboriginal culture and this would be a start.
Thank you
Thank you for your thoughtful correspondence and kind words. I am sure if I had been able to pass them on to Baymarrwangga she would have smiled too. Her instructions were that the Atlas is a resource of ancestral knowledge not for sale. We cannot sell the Atlas, but we can encourage donations to assist in furthering the project of passing on this rare knowledge asset to the next generations. As always donors giving more than a thousand dollars will receive an Atlas as a gift, the few remaining others are for the children Big Boss created them for. To the many sincere people that generously promised their help the opportunity is here. The distribution of the Atlas to schoolchildren around the N.T continues. The North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd (NAILSMA) as always is helping out and your donation to the NAILSMA tax deductible gift account will help us share this valuable resource to schools.
I just watched a program on TV about Big Boss, Great Doco.
I believe that you have done more for indigenous culture and their people than any one else in Australia.
You are to be congratulated on your effort in helping these people get their true stories out and passing those stories, language, way of life on to future generations.
You are kind and i thank you Henryk
Good to meet you today Bentley! Terence.
Thanx Terence, hope you can put all those resources to good use. ! Cheers
It was four years ago today 4.09.2014, that wrote vale big boss. It’s heart warming to walk around on her country early in the morning and listen to the wind. Thankyou
Standing on the sand dunes at Bulgupuluguŋa on Murruŋga watching the sunlight play in the makuyuk grass i had a feeling that big boss was close and was celebrating the sun set with us. 29 Aug 2020 Murruŋga, largest of the outer Crocodile Islands