Nyingarn project
An Online Platform for primary sources in Australian Indigenous language, Nyingarn aims to make as many manuscript sources available as possible - as searchable, re-useable textual documents.
The Nyingarn Project began in mid-2021, building on our experience in the digital Daisy Bates work. Nyingarn is a 3-year Australian Research Council funded project that will provide digital access to early sources of Australia’s Indigenous languages, using various ways to turn images of manuscripts into text, including Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and crowdsourced transcription (using DigiVol). The team will identify source manuscripts in state and national partner institutions, develop metadata systems, and build the online access platform.
Our team include chief investigators from the Australian National University, University of Queensland, La Trobe University, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, and University of Adelaide, and the project is guided by an Indigenous Steering Committee.
With the support of the Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCa), Nyingarn is able to assist communities with transcription work and offer training workshops. Both these funding opportunities using Nyingarn have been extended beyond April 2023.
Community Workshop Opportunities
This project has human ethics approval from the University of Melbourne Office of Research Ethics and Integrity (Ref: 2021-22088-20773-6).