In September 2014, Professor Peter Mühlhäusler, Manager of the Mobile Language Team, visited an antiquarian book dealer in Berlin to inspect three sketchbooks featuring the artwork of Hermann Koeler. Hermann Koeler was a German ship’s Doctor who visited South Australia in 1838. During his stay he produced two articles on the customs and language of […]
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Maria Stewart is a Yankunytjatjara, Arrernte and Wangkangurru woman who has been working with Dr Paul Monaghan researching the vitality, or state of health of the Yankunytjatjara language outside of the APY lands. This work has taken place in a number of locations in South Australia and Northern Territory, including Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, Apatula (Finke) […]
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In early September I travelled to Broome to attend the 2014 Western and Northern Aboriginal Language Alliance (WANALA) Conference. The conference was held at The University of Notre Dame’s Broome campus, and lasted 3 days. People travelled from all over Australia to attend, most of whom were working in the field in some way, shape […]
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“I feel we have finally woken our language and now we can share it. I’m the happiest woman in the world” Whyalla resident Dawn Taylor recently completed a cadetship with the MLT. Her project was to research and develop a digital learning tool for the revival of the Barngarla language. Dawn produced an audio-visual presentation […]
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From May 19-25th 2014 I was lucky enough to attend and present at the 2014 Worlds Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WiPC:E), held at Kapiolani Community College in Honolulu, Hawai’i. I received an Indigenous Travel Assistance Grant from the University of Adelaide, and was also fortunate to receive financial support from the Mobile Language Team. […]
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On the 20th May, the MLT held a workshop for South Australian indigenous community members on current language apps for use in language maintenance and revival. Dr Bruce Birch, developer of the Ma! Iwaitja software delivered a full day workshop covering the latest developments in a number of platforms. These apps can be downloaded for use on […]
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Tarpari Wellbeing Day was hosted in Port Pirie on the 16th of April, 2014. It was a great opportunity to see the many initiatives being taken to address the well being and health of Indigenous Australians. Members of the Mobile Language Team attended to promote the health benefits of speaking, learning, teaching and reviving South […]
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The first Barngarla language research delegation to AIATSIS, Canberra, took place from 11-15 February 2013. The delegation was organized by Professor Ghil’ad Zuckermann, Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Languages, University of Adelaide, with the support of AIATSIS. The Barngarla people were able to discover more about their language heritage and to meet Dr Luise Hercus, […]
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Two Wirangu people travelled to Canberra in May 2012 to undertake archival research training at AIATSIS, provided by Dr Paul Monaghan (MLT), and to meet Luise Hercus. This trip was sponsored by the Mobile Langauge Team and the Far West Languages Centre. Luise began salvage linguistic research in South Australia in the mid-1960s and in […]
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