Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi (KWP) Team
The KWP Team, most of whom are based on Level 6 of the Schulz Building, produces Kaurna language resources, and especially online media Kaurna Language Hub, to support the learning and teaching of the Kaurna language.
The KWP YouTube channel Kaurna for Kids Instagram Kaurna Warra website
The KWP Team was established in 2012, building on long-standing Kaurna language research and a long-standing collaboration between the University of Adelaide and the Kaurna community. KWP continues to support and work with Kaurna community organisations such as Kaurna Warra Karrpanthi (KWK), Warra Wangkatitya and Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation (KYAC).
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Funding
The KWP Team is funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Indigenous Language & the Arts (ILA) program, which has supported the production of online and print-based Kaurna language resources as well as Kaurna placenames research and Kaurna lexicographic research.
'Kaurna Warrapiipa - Kaurna Dictionary' has been published by Wakefield Press and can be accessed via KWP’s Kaurna Warra website.
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The KWP team
The KWP Team is a collaboration between Kaurna language workers and non-Indigenous mentors and researchers.
Assoc Prof Rob Amery KWP Team Manager & Consultant Linguist Taylor Tipu Power-Smith Kaurna Media Production Jaylon Pila Newchurch Kaurna Media Production Jamie Goldsmith Kaurna Media Production Rebekah Wanganeen Kaurna Media Production Katrina Karlapina Power Kaurna Consultant Kieran Smith Project Officer Tim Greenwood Games Developer Susie Greenwood Kaurna ARC Research Assistant / IT Support Dr Mary-Anne Gale Kaurna ARC Research Associate Past KWP team employees
Stephen Gadlabarti Goldsmith Kaurna Media Production (2012-2017) Jack Kanya Buckskin Kaurna Language Coordinator (2012-2014) Dot Goldsmith KWP Administration (2014) Bianca Campbell-Sampson Kaurna Media Production (2018-2019) Gerhard Rüdiger KWP Administration Coordinator (2012-2015) Paul Finlay KWP Media Production Mentor Chester Schulz Kaurna Placenames and First-Contact History Researcher -
About KWP
Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi (KWP) was formed in 2002 by Kaurna Elders Dr Alitya Wallara Rigney and Dr Lewis Yerloburka O’Brien in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Rob Amery to promote the Kaurna language and provide oversight of and direction for the Kaurna language movement. Since 2004 KWP has been hosted by the University of Adelaide. Requests for Kaurna words, translations, and information were addressed at regular monthly KWP meetings up until 2014.
They now continue to be managed by KWP via the Kaurna Warra website in consultation with a panel of language experts from the Kaurna community.
KWP focuses on Kaurna language research, media, and resource production. More information and access to Kaurna language resources is available on KWP’s Kaurna Warra website which was launched in 2023.
