When Alice Skye sings in Wergaia she has the women in her family in mind.
"My great grandmother was one of the Elders consulted in one of the earlier Wergaia language dictionaries," she told NITV.
Skye, who also has Wemba Wemba heritage, is performing Gikilangangu Wergaia – “We always sing Wergaia" – for the with Jaadwa composer James Howard and Koori musician Michael Julian.
"[My great grandmother was] very keen about education and that's something that's carried on through the women in my family and in my life," she said.
"Whenever I'm singing Wergaia or whenever I'm learning Wergaia, particularly for this project ... it's something that I'm doing with them very much in mind."
The three musicians have come together for the performance, which celebrates and shares Wergaia language and stories on Wurundjeri lands.
"To be able to recapture it and reignite it through a medium which I love, which is music and performance," composer James Howard said.
"It's basically just me doing my part for mob to bring the language back to the stage and back to audiences' ears and back to community as well."
The music is a blend of songwriting, sound art, and improvised performance.
Through each unique performance, the musicians will weave their own personal histories – stories of family, of ancestors, community, and their Dreamings.
"Doing it in this improvised platform with some my incredible collaborators is is really unique, and I'm excited for people that get to be a part of that," Michael Julian said.
For composer Howard, he hopes the performance paints a journey through time, back to Country, while charting a course into the future.
"This show, in my mind, is is for mob, and it's for community, and it's for our community back home, and it's really the first step in a long journey of language reclamation," he said.
The Melbourne Fringe Festival runs from October 1-20.
Gikilangangu Wergaia, which is on October 2-3 at the Trades Hall, is part of , a program that centres First Nations voices and perspectives.
