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Borobi and his friends

The Kombumerri Corporation for Culture published Borobi and his Friends as an introduction to the Yugambeh language. The book features the birds and animals found in the local rainforest areas of the Gold Coast hinterland. The book is read by Axel Best. The Yugambeh language area extends from the coastline west to Beaudesert and from the Logan River at Beenleigh, south to the Tweed.

Many years of research and documentation by community members, Ysola Best and Patricia O’Connor have ensured that the Yugambeh language, which was once declared ‘lost’, is alive today. The Kombumerri Corporation has produced a dictionary of the Yugambeh language, and a map showing the lands of the eight local clan groups as well as other books and exhibitions.

The Kombumerri Corporation for Culture is based at the Yugambeh Museum Language and Heritage Research Centre,
Corner of Martens St and Plantation Rd, Beenleigh, 4207 QLD.

Telephone: (07) 3807 6155, (07) 3807 6229
Facsimile: (07) 3807 6144
Email: info@yugambeh.com

Last updated: 16th June 2009

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