D. Stokes Nampin and J. Nixon Nakkamarra

In 1985 a group of elders got together for a meeting. They were worried about the fighting and all the people out at night who might be drinking or getting into fights. The old people used to walk around, from camp to camp on foot patrol. That one old lady, Nappanangka, she used to go to all the camps, she would just walk from Village straight up through town to Mulga, all around. But, after the town got too big they couldn't walk around anymore. So the old people told the young ones to get a Toyota and start helping. In 1986 we got a vehicle, a bus, to go around patrolling at night. The police worked with Night Patrol and later on we worked with Julalikari too. Everyone worked together then, they volunteered to go out at night and help people. Men and women, young and old, everyone would drive around and if there was trouble, Wumpurrarni could stop it before the police got involved. Night Patrol helps everyone in town and now, even today it's still going.

By: J. Nixon Nakkamarra

Alinya 1985 jji yurrkati pulkka pulkka ajjul wurrpu jiyina meeting-ki. Ajjul worried jiyina kili kajji kapi karriny-ki apparra ajjul jalupuyina wangangu kapi kilingki apparra ajurnu warlpunjina. Pulkka pulkka ajjul marnu apina warlirr ngurraji kina ngurraji kina jina patrol. Kala yarnti pulkka kirriji, Nappanangka marnu ama apina julali kina ngurraji kina. Akkil ngini town ngini kumppu jinyi karn alangara ngini warra ajjul jina kan warlirr apina. Pulkka pulkka wangkinyi ajuljarni young ones-ka ngini, “Para akkul purnu Toyota kapi help munjju ku!” 1986-jji karn parinyi ankkul purnu kan bus wirlirr kuranji-ki patrolling tapinyngara-jja. Kilipartta warangarli jiyina ajjul mappu Night Patrol jangu akkil ngini ankkul warangali jiyina Julalikari jangu kan. Julali ajjul warangali jiyina, kapi ajjul volunteered jiyina apiji-ki tapinyngara-ka help munju-ku karriny-ki. Kartti kapi kirriji pulungalki kapi pulkka pulkka julali arnpa kurayina purnu jangu wirlirr. Apparra ajurnu kilingki walpunjina Wumpurrarni-jji ajuljarni stop muyina ngarunyurr arnpa kilipartta kajji. Night Patrol ngini ajuljarni help muyina julali town kana, kapi payinti ngini ajjul apan.