Rate My Professor Margaret Sharpe

Sharpe has presented seminars at the University of New England, including 'The Dark Constellations of the Aborigines' in 2016, 'Intonation and Stress Patterns of Alawa and Roper Kriol' in 2015, and others on topics such as Yanyuwa songs. Key publications include 'Bundjalung Settlement and Migration' (1985), 'Dictionary of Yugambeh Including Neighbouring Dialects' (1998, Pacific Linguistics), 'Grammar and Texts of the Yugambeh-Bundjalung Dialect Chain in Eastern Australia' (2005, LINCOM Europa), 'Alawa Nanggaya Nindanya Yalanu rugalarra: Alawa-Kriol-English Dictionary', and 'Gurgun Mibinyah: Yugambeh, Ngarahngwal, Ngahnduwal' (2021). Earlier works encompass 'A Description of the Yugumbir Dialect of Bandjalang' and contributions to the Alawa Song Buk (1991). She has collaborated with the Yugambeh Museum Language Advisory Committee and provided language lessons to assist First Nations people in reclaiming their linguistic heritage. In August 2023, Sharpe relocated from Armidale to Nerang, Queensland, to continue her language projects. Her documentation efforts have influenced studies on Indigenous traditions, coastal change, and pidgins and creoles.