Linguists at GALCAC undertake historical and linguistic research on the languages of the Goldfields region. 

The following papers are public and available as downloads. 

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1. Kaalamaya-Documentation-and-Language-Family-2013 by Sue Hanson
2. Language Names by Sue Hanson
3. Letter choices when Writing WA Goldfields Languages by Sue Hanson
4. Aboriginal Languages of the Darlot Area in 1895 by Sue Hanson
5. Do Aboriginal Languages Matter? by Sue Hanson
6. Languages and Dialects of the Goldfields Region by Sue Hanson
7. An Introduction to the Orthography and Grammatical Structure of Ngaju by Dr. Marion Mullin
8. Maduwongga Phonology by Gizem Milonas
9. Historical Language Names of the Goldfields Region, Western Australia: A Preliminary Investigation 2020 by Sue Hanson and Troy Reynolds
10. Blood for Water: The Aboriginal Story of Water in the Goldfields by Sue Hanson
11. Word Creation in Goldfields Languages by Jackie Coffin and Sue Hanson Part 2: Appendices 
12. A Comparison between Manytjilytjarra and Manyjilyjarra  Gizem Milonas and Sue Hanson Nov 2022
13. Productive Morphological Processes for Language Rejuvenation of Goldfields Aboriginal Languages 2022 Sue Hanson with Gizem Milonas, Jackie Coffin, Troy Reynolds, Dawn Hadfield, Edie Ulrich
14. Mirniny Phonotactics by Jackie Coffin, editor Sue Hanson
15. Mirniny Phonology 2023 by Jackie Coffin, editor Sue Hanson
16.  Mirniny Orthography 2022 by Jackie Coffin, editor Sue Hanson
17. A Domain Centred Approach to Language Work – Troy Reynolds. Paper. Powerpoint slides.
18. A Guide to Toolbox for Language Workers – Troy Reynolds. Paper
19. Baa Baa Black Sheep – Children’s Songs in language – Sue Hanson. Songs created by delegates.
20. Devoicing my Cognition – by Sue Hanson. Paper. Powerpoint slides.
21. Future Proofing Language Centres – by Sue Hanson. Paper and Powerpoint slides.
22. Heart of the Matter: Moving on from the Settler’s Narratives. By Troy Reynolds. Paper and Powerpoint Slides.
23. Honouring the Tjukurrpa. By Gizem Milonas. Paper and Powerpoint slides.
24. Language Rejuvenation Policy and WA State Language Policy. By Sue Hanson. Paper and Powerpoint slides.
25. Who Owns My Languages: A Call for for First Nations’ Linguistic Rights. By Sue Hanson. Paper and Powerpoint slides.
26. Mirniny Languages : a Snapshot. By Jackie Coffin. Paper and Powerpoint Slides.
27. Missionary Linguistics. By Jackie Coffin. Paper and Powerpoint Slides.
28. Ngadju Kakurtu. By Troy Reynolds. Paper and Powerpoint Slides.
29. Playdough for Children’s Stories – book made at conference. By Sue Hanson.
30. Productive Morphological processes for Language Revival of Goldfields Aboriginal Languages. By Sue Hanson. Paper and Powerpoint Slides.
31. Reading Old Documents Hurts Me: Archival Trauma and Creating Safe Access Space. By Jackie Coffin. Paper and Powerpoint Slides.
32. Reviving the Concepts of Time: Glossing First Nation’s Languages. By Gizem Milonas. Paper and Powerpoint Slides.
33. Phoneticisation in Cundeelee Wangka. By Nell Higgins. Paper and Appendix
34. Loan Phonology in Wangkatja. By Joshua Pereira.
35. Subordination in Ngadju Language- A Preliminary Analysis. by Joshua van de Ven Accompanying notes
36. A Re-analysis of von Brandenstein’s 88 Ngadju Sentences – by Troy Reynolds. 
37. Observations of Wangkatja Verb Suffixes by Jack Sullivan
38. Wangkatja Verb Suffixes I : Imperatives and Tense Suffixes – by Gizem Milonas and edited Sue Hanson
39. Wangkatja Verb Suffixes II : Other Verb Suffixes– by Gizem Milonas and edited Sue Hanson
40. Wangkatja Verb Suffixes III: prefixes and Verbalisers – by Gizem Milonas and edited Sue Hanson
41. Questions in Wangkatja – by Gizem Milonas and edited Sue Hanson.
42. Wangkatja Noun Suffixes – by Gizem Milonas and edited Sue Hanson.
43. Wangkatja Pronouns – by Gizem Milonas and edited Sue Hanson.

44. Temporal Reference in Pitjantjatjarra and Ngadju: An Analysis of Temporal Adverbs in Two Goldfields Languages Tomás Fuchs-Lynch July 2025

45. Protecting Our Languages Through Orthography by Donna Starr. Powerpoint film available.
46. Australia and Aotearoa- Lessons and Comparisons from across the Tasman – Troy Reynolds  Powerpoint available 
47. Creating Language within a Generation – Irene’s Jimbidee 
48. Engaging across the generations- Two case studies of long-term public language engagement through puppetry and animation – Troy Reynolds 
49. Goldfields Mens Wellbeing Project– Dave Grubb and Les Schultz 
50. Language Change at the Three Way Border by Jackie Gorring. Powerpoint slides available
51. Language Sovereignty – Sue Hanson Powerpoint slides
52. Marking Time in Mirniny by Jackie Gorring
53. Ngadju Family Language Learning Pack slideshow – Sue Hanson
54. Language Revival, Language Ideologies and Language Rights – Professor Peter Austin powerpoint slideshow
55. Reflections on the Archive – paper by Jackie Gorring and Troy Reynolds 2025
56. Six Seasons Gatherings – Sandy McKendrich
57. The Ngadju Verb – A fresh approach by Troy Reynolds Powerpoint slides