In 2014 the Mobile Language Team in cooperation with Yankunytjatjara people began a project to digitise and distribute a range of audio and visual materials containing the Yankunytjatjara people. Handing the amazing collection of digital resources over to the Mimili Community means that the Yankunytjatjara people can have access to parts of their history and […]
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From the 8th – 10th May this year, the Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association (ATLA) held an Adnyamathanha Men’s Camp at Ikara Wilpena. The camp was designed to bring Adnyamathanha men and boys of all ages together, to share cultural practices and language, and to give people a chance to talk to Senior Adnyamathanha Men about […]
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As part our the recent Barngarla family based workshop in Whyalla, the Mobile Language Team helped produce a Digital Story which is now available online. All the pictures in the video were painted by Anita and Dawn Taylor’s family. The use of Barngarla words in stories is a crucial aspect of language revival. Encouraging Barngarla people to […]
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On the 23rd of April 2015 the Mobile Language Team held a family based digital storytelling workshop in Whyalla. MLT members Paul Monaghan and Celeste Humphris as well as IT/Media consultant Will Fisher travelled to Whyalla to work with around 30 members of the Taylor family. The outcome of the workshop was a beautiful digital […]
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In December Clayton Cruse participated in a Ngarrindjeri language class run at Victor Harbour High School. The MLT has supported this initiative to extend Ngarrindjeri language classes to the wider Victor Harbour community and to enable Phyllis Williams to complete her Certificate IV in Teaching an Endangered Aboriginal Language. The MLT has previously supported the […]
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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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