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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In October 2024, Kokatha community members and MLT staff held a language and art workshop on the banks of the Torrens, in Kaurna Yerta. Led by Amelia Amos, MLT Trainee Aboriginal Language Worker and Kokatha woman, the workshop brought people together to paint, share knowledge, and create resources for Kokatha language learners. The focus of […]
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The Mobile Language Team is proud to sponsor First Nations poets in the 2024 defi-Nations exhibition, a vibrant celebration of language and creativity through poetry. Presented in partnership with the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation, defi-Nations brings together emerging and established poets from across South Australia to showcase the power of words and language in shaping […]
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Last week, MLT project linguist Kieran Smith spent the day with students and staff at Risden Park Primary School, Port Pirie, as part of MLT’s Pathways Project and ongoing work to support the introduction of Nukunu language learning at the school. In the morning, he spent time with the school’s AET and ACEO, Renee and […]
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This week MLT project linguist, Kieran Smith, headed north to Port Pirie on Nukunu Yarta (Nukunu Country), where he spent some time with Renee and AJ at Risdon Park Primary School. AJ is the school’s Aboriginal Community Education Officer (ACEO) and Renee is the Aboriginal Education Teacher (AET). It was exciting to hear about their […]
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Pertame Ngetya Untya Pertame (Southern Arrernte) is a language spoken in the country south of Mparntwe (Alice Springs). With less than 30 Elder fluent speakers, the language is considered endangered. Without urgent interventions like this, the Pertame language is in danger of falling silent. The Pertame School is already creating a vibrant and connected Pertame […]
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I recently had the amazing opportunity to go to Paris to attend the launch of the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages. I travelled with my mum Karina Lester and met up with the rest of the Australian delegates over there. We got to watch and listen to amazing and powerful speakers of indigenous languages from […]
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Sisters Anpanuwa Joyce Crombie and Aulpunda Jean Barr-Crombie sit serenely on the river banks, yarning about the whirlwind of language, art, and fashion projects which they have been involved in over the past decade. The Wangkangurru/Yarluyandi sisters from Birdsville (Queensland) and their families are passionate about learning, reviving, and sharing language and culture. “I started […]
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In October 2022 the Mobile Language Team was proud to attend the launch of two exciting partnership projects. In partnership with the South Australian Museum, the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation, and Tanganekald community the MLT has been working to develop a cultural and language learning website. The website is an initiative of the Aboriginal Living Languages […]
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