Ngia Yilag Naway Goodjie (I Feel Happy at Home)
By Students from Dapto High School and Oak Flats High School (Collaborative poem)
By Namish (Year 7), Cooper (Year 7), Domamic (Year 10), Mayrah (Year 10), Daniel (Year 8)
The murramal ngara the birrabain namrag
Naway ngia ngara ngia mundah
The garrang dthurroon runs djawayarr
Ngia yilag naway goodjie at last.
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The clapping resembled the emu’s footsteps/waddle
And I hear my bush
The big river runs fast
I feel happy and home at last.