The Mobile Language Team is excited to announce the launch of our new podcast, Nganampa Wangka: Stories from the Mobile Language Team, hosted by Jaylon Newchurch. This podcast shares stories from the Mobile Language Team at Adelaide University and the communities we work with across South Australia. Each episode highlights language projects, community voices, and […]
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The MLT recently joined the Wanypatha Yarta (Good Country) Nukunu Rangers for a day on Country focused on connecting Nukunu language with the landscape they care for. The Rangers are currently monitoring a range of environmental indicators across Nukunu Country. As part of this work, they are also exploring ways to embed Nukunu placenames and […]
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MLT recently travelled to Port Augusta to facilitate a workshop for teachers on language resource production. Teachers from across the area came along for a hands-on workshop focused on ways to make resources for Aboriginal languages in schools. The workshop was designed to support teachers who are interested in embedding language into their classrooms but […]
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In February 2026, the MLT returned to Berri to run a second Ngaiawang storybook workshop with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC) at the Berri Hotel. It followed on from the first storybook workshop held in November 2025, where MLT provided compiled wordlist of approximately 800 Ngaiawang words to facilitate a children’s storybook […]
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MLT staff members Cody Tonkin, Phoebe Leggett, Karina Lester, Celena Aardenburg, Jaylon Newchurch A few lucky MLT staff members began their year immersed in Western Desert language learning through the Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Language and Culture Program summer school, held at the Adelaide University’s Magill Campus. This was a great opportunity for MLT staff to brush up […]
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For those who’ve known the MLT and our work for a while, you might recognise the Mobile Language Team t-shirts we wear when we’re out and about in communities, classrooms, and on the road. Well, we’re excited to share that our MLT apparel has had a bit of an upgrade! Alongside refreshed t-shirt designs, we’ve […]
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In November 2025, the MLT travelled to Berri to deliver a Ngaiawang storybook workshop at the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC) office. The day brought together community members and RMMAC staff for a creative and language-filled workshop focused on Ngaiawang, an important language of the River Murray River region. The morning began with […]
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The Mobile Language Team is proudly supporting the defi-Nations exhibition for the second year in a row. The exhibition opened at Adelaide City Library on 13 November and runs until 30 December 2025. The exhibition highlights the diversity and strength of Aboriginal languages across Australia. Languages are woven into the land itself – carrying stories, […]
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Jess Hughes is a Yankunytjatjara woman who took part in the Pathways to Community-Led Language Work Traineeship program at the Mobile Language Team. Based in Coober Pedy, Jess worked on a wide range of projects that brought her family and community together around ways to maintain and strengthen Yankunytjatjara language. She began her journey at […]
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