Lullabies Category Feature

PROJECT

Lullabies

Since 2017 CAN has worked with Noongar artists, Elders and their families to shape the Lullabies program, preserving and amplifying Noongar language through stories, music and song. Lullabies focuses on the creation and recording of original songs, written and performed in language by the Noongar community.

Songwriting, dollmaking and yarning have enhanced the understanding and sharing between generations, eliciting songs that honour family stories, memories and connections. More than 70 original songs have been written and recorded as a part of the Lullabies program, each song enabling the next generation to form a deeper connection to their language, culture and community.
 

With each face-to-face ‘edition’ of Lullabies – at Midvale, Collie, Bunbury, Mandurah, Northam, Belmont and Midland – CAN has partnered with local community organisations such as childcare centres and the South West Aboriginal Medical Service to support Noongar families to participate. In 2020, Lullabies online offered another way of delivering this unique and much-loved program.

All songbooks and albums produced during the project are available free of charge and available to view/listen to online via the project links below.

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CAN Perth Head Office

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PO Box 7514 Cloisters Square WA 6850

King Street Arts Centre
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357–365 Murray Street
Perth WA 6000

08 9226 2422

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