In November 2025, the MLT travelled to Berri to deliver a Ngaiwang 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 Ngaiwang, 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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