Gunning, near Canberra. In December 2010 he remarried and moved to Sydney. His second wife Dr Julie Waddy PhD OAM worked as an ethnobiologist and linguist working with the Anglican Church Missionary Society on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory with the aboriginal people for 30 years, and returned to Sydney in 2005. John says that his relationships – what most white Australians would call friendships and family – are mostly with the Aboriginal people. John passed away on the afternoon of the 24, July 2021. Publications Rudder has self-published a book on the counting (relationship) system of Australian Aborigines, has produced teaching materials for his courses in aboriginal speaking and thought, and is in the process of completing an Aboriginal–English dictionary. His recent writing has been extensively in collaboration with Stan Grant. Rudder's publications include: Rudder, John; Yolngu Cosmology: An Unchanging Cosmos Incorporating a Rapidly Changing World, DPhil thesis, Australian National University, 1993 An Introduction to Aboriginal Art An Introduction to Aboriginal Mathematics The Natural World of the Yolngu: The Aboriginal People of North East Arnhem Land Aboriginal Religion and the Dreaming The Bark Paintings of North East Arnhem Land Learning Wiradjuri 1–5 (graded texts) Learning Wiradjuri 1&2 CD A Teaching Wiradjuri Support CD Eric Looks for a Friend (PowerPoint book) Wiradjuri Language Songs for Children Wiradjuri Language Song Book 2 CD of Wiradjuri Language Songs Wiradjuri Language – How it works: A Grammar in Everyday English Wiradjuri Language A First Dictionary of Wiradjuri Wiradjuri Sentence Book Wiradjuri Language Black Line Poster Masters Wiradjuri Language Black Line Masters – Book 1 (Colouring-in) Wiradjuri Language Black Line Masters –Book 2– Learn to Draw Wiradjuri Language Colouring-in Books 1 and 2 Wiradjuri Language Learn to Draw Books 1 and 2 English Language Blackline Poster Masters of Australian Natural Science & People Unlabelled Blackline Poster Masters of Australian Natural Science & People Towards Holiness, (2007), , Restoration House In July 2006, the Parkes Shire Library (central west NSW) inaugurated its collection of books on Wiradjuri attended by Wiradjuri language students from Primary schools at Forbes, Peak Hill and Central West Christian School, whose teachers were learning from Rudder and Grant. See also List of Indigenous Australian group names Yolngu Yolngu Matha Wiradjuri Wiradjuri language Notes Citations External links profiles of John Rudder and Stan Grant Aboriginal cultural and Yolngu publications Wiradjuri language publications Sources Linguists from Australia Uniting Church in Australia people