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Norfolk Island - awus hoem (our home)

In the early 1980's my mother (Mera Martin, nee Christian) realised that our island names for places were rapidly disappearing. 

Mum set about, with the much appreciated assistance of others, in preparing the above map with the island names included. 

Sadly, my mother and many of her helpers are no longer with us but the map lives on!

Similarly, throughout this website you'll see some of our Norf'k language phrases.

It's very much 'use it or lose it'.

Special thanks to everyone on Norfolk proactively playing their part in this.


Invariably, whilst the expression of word will have it's English meaning, the Norf'k interpretation will be slightly different. 


Some additional phrase examples that you'll have to come on the hike for me to translate include:

  1. Mard as a mard!
  2. Gut no strange bull in ar padduk!
  3. Dem might thort we es mardun but we es ooney mardun waey dem thort!
  4. Kaa du f'dawg eat!
  5. He nor gude!
  6. Gwen'a raen once e-dry se dun!
  7. My goodness he se wyne-up!
  8. Enae we hau lucky dem two se fyne one nada!
  9. Myse eye se stig!
  10. Teket seis et waey down ar waali
  11. Es ar thing f'......
  12. Dem wind chaenge yu gwenna stop daaffee
  13. My goodness yu bin sawaege!

Tek de so yu nor lors! (Take this so you don't get lost!)

Tek de so yu nor lors! (Take this so you don't get lost!)

Tek de so yu nor lors! (Take this so you don't get lost!)

Tek de so yu nor lors! (Take this so you don't get lost!)

Tek de so yu nor lors! (Take this so you don't get lost!)

Tek de so yu nor lors! (Take this so you don't get lost!)

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