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English to Awabakal Dictionary (David Andrew Roberts)
Lists 500 English terms with Awabakal translations from L.E. Threlkeld (An Australian Grammar 1834) and Dr. John Fraser (An Australian Language 1892). Includes pronounciations. [13/01/2003] http://www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/awaba/awaba/language/dictionary/index.html

Gamilaraay/Kamilaroi Dictionary (Peter Austin and David Nathan)
Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay comes from northern NSW, from around Tamworth west across beyond Moree. This is the first formatted hypertext dictionary published on the Internet. [14/01/1998] http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/GAMDICT/GAMDICT.HTM

Gupapuyngu Dictionary (Beulah Lowe/ARDS)
200 page dictionary with 4000 entries largely compiled by Beulah Lowe. [15/05/2005] http://www.ards.com.au/langdict.htm

Kado Muir; linguist & publisher (ABC)
Interview with Kado Muir about a new dictionary of his language Wangatha. To hear the interview, click on the link at the bottom of the page, or go directly to the RealAudio file. Kado believes that all Australians should learn to speak an Aboriginal language. [30/10/2004] http://www.abc.net.au/goldfields/stories/s716624.htm

Kaurna Warra (Bill Woerlee/Teichelmann and Schürmann)
On line dictionary/finderlist apparently drawn from Teichelmann and Schürmann's Outlines of a Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phraseology of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia. Site also includes other Kaurna resources and links. Note: this site includes some commercial paraphernalia. [13/01/2003] http://kaurna.tripod.com/

Kirrkirr: A tool for exploring and visualizing the Warlpiri dictionary (Kevin Jansz, Christopher Manning, and Nitin Indurkhya)
A unique graphical-browsing semantic dictionary aimed at the needs of native speakers and children, as well as being useful to professional linguists. [29/09/2001] http://www-nlp.stanford.edu/kirrkirr/

Kriol_Ingglish Dikshenri (Jason Lee)
Extensive and hyperlinked Kriol-English and English-Kriol dictionary. [10/02/2007] http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/ASEDA/docs/0739-Kriol/index.1.html

Uw Oykangand and Uw Olkola Multimedia Dictionary (Philip Hamilton)
Uw Oykangand and Uw Olkola are Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in central Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland. This dictionary is a community-based initiative of the Kowanyama Aboriginal Community Council. [14/01/1998] http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/index.html

The Wagiman Online Dictionary (Stephen Wilson, University of Sydney)
Comprehensive dictionary, texts, and other information about Wagiman, a language of the Northern Territory. Searchable in English and Wagiman. [16/08/1999] http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/linguistics/research/wagiman/dict/dict.html

Yanyuwa Wuka: Language from Yanyuwa Country - a Yanyuwa Dictionary and Cultural Resource (Bradley, John and Kirton, Jean)
Dictionary and cultural resource that includes Yanyuwa-English and English-Yanyuwa dictionary, text, maps, illustrations and bibliography. The authors urge care and respect in the use of the materials [PDF]. [05/08/2004] http://eprint.uq.edu.au/archive/00000072/01/yanyuwatotal.pdf

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