MLT News

Dieri at Stirling North Primary School

August 8, 2025

The Mobile Language Team recently delivered a Dieri language workshop at Stirling North Primary School, led by Dieri singer and educator, Chris Dodd and Project Linguist, Phoebe Leggett. Stirling North Primary School is located on Nukunu Country, with the students representing a wide variety of Aboriginal language groups. The workshop involving 40 students, and was […]

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Connecting Music, Language and Wellbeing: Health Songbook Project launches

August 5, 2025

The MLT is proud to have contributed to the development of The Health Song Book Project – a unique and free online resource that brings together Aboriginal languages, music and health. The project aims to make songs in Aboriginal languages accessible to community members and music therapists seeking ways to explore healing, therapy, and treatment […]

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Kokatha at Tji Tji Wiltja Preschool

July 31, 2025

The MLT recently visited Tji Tji Wiltja Preschool in Port Augusta to run a Kokatha language workshop with young learners – introducing the children to the Kokatha words for family members through music, language activities and art. This is part of the First Nations Languages Education Program, that has run 9 workshops since the beginning […]

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Animating Wangka: Haymish’s Take on Yankunytjatjara Picture Books

June 22, 2025

Over the past few months, Haymish Moosha—a young Kokatha man—has been working with the Mobile Language Team through a traineeship focused on language and new media. He’s been exploring how animation can be used to bring language resources to life and make them more accessible for young digital Aṉangu learners. As part of his project, […]

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Yankunytjatjara Wangka Graffiti Traineeship

June 7, 2025

Over the last 6 months, Josh Hughes has been working with the Mobile Language Team through a traineeship to explore his language and his graffiti artwork. He’s building a portfolio that uses his language and graffiti/street art to strengthen his Yankunytjatjara language. Growing up between Adelaide and the APY Lands, Josh is finding ways his […]

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Jaylon’s Indigenous Story Telling Traineeship

June 3, 2025

Jaylon is a Kaurna and Narungga man undertaking a traineeship through the Pathways to Community-Led Language Work program at the MLT, where he is exploring Indigenous storytelling through filmmaking. Through a range of film projects, he is using his knowledge of language and identity to share stories from an Indigenous perspective. His major project is […]

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Amelia’s Journey with Kokatha Language in Early Childhood Education

May 20, 2025

Amelia, a proud Kokatha woman, joined the MLT Pathways to Community-Led Aboriginal Language Work in 2024. She has since been determined to share and teach the Kokatha language to the next generation. As a language speaker, Amelia has used her traineeship to enhance her skills in teaching Kokatha to young Kokatha kids, focusing on early […]

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Book Launch: Audrey’s Story

May 7, 2025

In April 2025 the MLT launched Audrey’s Story, a life history of Lower Arrernte woman Audrey Kweyarerte Stewart at the Kaurna Learning Circle. Audrey’s Story is the first book in the Mobile Language Team’s Language and Life History series. The series shares the stories of Aboriginal community Elders with their families, communities and the wider public while exploring […]

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Shirley’s Traineeship at MLT

December 15, 2024

In late 2024, Shirley joined the MLT’s Community-Led Aboriginal Language Work project. As an active speaker and listener of Western Desert language, she has long woven parts of her language into her daily life. Through her traineeship, Shirley set out to strengthen her own language skills and share them with her children and other young […]

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