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The Gumbaynggirr Language was able to be revitalised because of language recordings from the past. Elders chose to share language with linguists, and those recordings were the basis of the dictionaries that exist today. One of the Elders who shared a lot of language was Harry (Tiger) Buchanan who sat with linguists for hours in the 1970’s. This episode was made with the support of representatives of the Buchanan Family.
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