link | State Library of Queensland “Word of the Week” Week Forty-Three.

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ilq/2019/10/22/2019-international-year-of-indigenous-languages-word-of-the-week-week-forty-three/

As part of State Library’s commitment to the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, we will be promoting a ‘word of the week’ from one of the 125+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and dialects from across Queensland.
This week’s word is thirra [pronounced thee-rah with a rolled ‘r’] from the Muruwari language of Western Queensland. It means ‘song’ and celebrates the tradition of song as a way to pass on cultural knowledge and stories.
Category: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
Thematic area: Promotion
Call topics: Intergenerational transmission
Major objective: Thematic areas: Promotion
Area of intervention: Increasing understanding, reconciliation and international cooperation