WoW: Makarrata
30 May, 2016
MAKARRATA [mack-ah-RAH-tah] - agreement [This Yolngu word was foisted upon Australian English by the Aboriginal Treaty Committee of 1980, a bid to implant an indigenous post-Wik word of cultural awareness and land-rights recognition.] Like many words enforced upon a populace, makarrata struggled to find traction, despite the gathering momentum in the national push for reconciliation.
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