Baman' ŋäthil 1928-thu, Harold ga Ella Shepherdson gan marrtjin nhinanharaw yolŋuwal Miliŋinbilil. Yolŋunydja mala gurrupar maṉḏany yäku Bäpa Sheppy ga Ŋäṉḏi Ella.
A long time ago, in 1928, Harold and Ella Shepherdson came to live with Yolŋu at Milingimbi. Yolŋu called them Bäpa Sheppy and Ŋäṉḏi Ella.
Bala walal ŋurru-yirr'yurr djäma djatthurr dharpa yäku ḻanapu. Bala dhuḻ-yurr wäŋa ga buṉbu bukumirriyanharaw.
They all began to cut wood called cypress and built houses and a church.
Ga Bäpa Sheppy-y marŋgikuŋal ga dhäwu lakaraŋal Garraywalaŋawuy.
And Bäpa Sheppy was teaching and telling stories to everyone about God.
Bala waŋganymirr waluy, walalaŋ Miriŋuny bunanan Miliŋinbiny. Walal gan guyaŋan, “Limurr dhu marrtji ga maḻŋ'maram wiripu wäŋa.”
Then one day, the Japanese came to Milingimbi. Everyone thought, “Let’s go and look for a new place to live”.
Ŋurruŋuny walal bunan wäŋaŋur yäku Worralŋur, yurr galki Ḻaŋarra.
First they went to the Woolen River, close to Howard Island.
Bala walal marrtjinan ga-a-a-an ḻarruŋala wäŋaw. Bala walal dhawaṯthurra Guḻmanŋur dhiyal Galiwin'ku.Galiwin'kupuy Yolŋu mala waŋan Bäpa Sheppy-wal “Ma. Manymak nhe dhu djäma dhuwal mitjin Guḻmanlil.”
Then they travelled and searched and searched for a home. They found Guḻman (now known as Mission Beach) at Galiwin'ku. The Yolŋu at Galiwin'ku said to Bäpa Sheppy, “It is okay for you to bring the mission to Guḻman.”
Bala 1942-nydja, Bäpa Sheppy, Ŋäṉḏi Ella, Walalipa, Bataŋga ga gurruṯumirr mala marrtjin rälin Guḻmanlila marthaŋayyu yäkuy Ḻarrpandhu. Gäŋal walal ḻanapu, biḏurul ga wiripu mala.
So in 1942, Bäpa Sheppy, Ŋäṉḏi Ella, Walalipa (Wili), Bataŋga and their families came to Guḻman in the boat named Ḻarrpan. They brought timber, fuel and other things.
Ga dhiyaŋuny bala nhuma ga nhäma nhaltjarr walal djäma mitjin dhiyal Galiwin'ku.
So now you know the story of how the Mission began here at Galiwin'ku.
