The biannual Puliima Indigenous languages & technology conference was held this year, the International year of Indigenous Languages, in Darwin. I had the privilege of receiving an invitation from First Languages Australia, as apart of the Young Champions program, coordinated by Annalee Pope. Firstly it was wonderful to be in the top end of our […]
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In June 2019 the Mobile Language Team travelled to Birdsville to attend the launch of the Karrawaṟa (eagle) sculpture installation in the remote Queensland town of Birdsville. The sculpture is the brainchild of Wangkangurru/Yarluyandi siblings Aulpunda Jean Crombie and Anpanuwa Joyce Crombie, with the support of brother Jim Crombie. The karrawaṟa eagle represents the minpaṟu (clever man/healer) named Marna-Thangki […]
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2019 Reconciliation Week was a great success for the Mobile Language Team with the team’s Senior Aboriginal Language Worker presenting to kids in classrooms the truth about our Aboriginal Languages, not only in the state of South Australia but also across this great nation. Children at Netley Kindy were treated to a duo team singing […]
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The Mobile Language Team in partnership with the Arabana community recently held an On-Country Arabana language camp for kids, teens and adults. The camp, the first of its kind for the Arabana community, was a great success, with about 60 Arabana people, including 25 children and teens, able to attend, learn and speak language across three days and […]
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Trainee Aboriginal language worker Anil Samy recently ran a Nukunu language workshop for his close family in Adelaide. His relative in Alice Springs was also able to join via video chat, demonstrating how technology can aid language revival activities. A highlight of the workshop was Anil teaching over 20 words and a number of sentences to the group using […]
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The Arabana language club held a language party at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens to celebrate the end of a great year of learning and sharing Arabana. The members of the club organised fun language games and activities for the Arabana kids and teens who attended. Games included a memory game on the grass using A4 picture flashcards, finding matching words in […]
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During the last six weeks of 2018, members of the MLT have been visiting the Aboriginal Elders Village in Davoren Park. The Aboriginal Elders Village is a residential aged-care facility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elderly peoples which is committed to culturally safe care. Henrietta, the MLT’s Language and Wellbeing Project Officer, and Amanda […]
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2018 has come at a cost for the Adnyamathanha language, with Quorn-based Adnyamathanha language teacher Kaelene McMillan retiring from her position as a language teacher with the Department Education and Child Development (DECD). After teaching the Adnyamathanha language to countless amounts of children, and adults, over a 20+ year career, Kaelene has made the decision […]
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Earlier this month MLT linguists Paul Monaghan and Bea Fagan ventured up to the Gammon Ranges to check in with Adnyamathanha Elder Terry Coulthard. We have been helping Uncle Terry with his decades-long effort to document his own knowledge of Adnyamathanha language and culture. Hopefully Uncle Terry will publish his work, with MLT assistance, in […]
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