In July the Mobile Language Team were fortunate enough to attend the book launch of Wamparla Apira (Possums and Tall Trees) at the South Australian museum. Wamparla Apira is an original story written by Syd Strangways, an Arabana elder and speaker. The book is written in both Arabana and English, and tells the story of […]
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This month, the Mobile Language Team invited trainers from RNLD (the Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity) to run a three-day training workshop in Adelaide. The workshop attracted a number of participants from across the state, who represented a number of languages including Yankunytjatjara, Arabana, Adnyamathanha, Dieri and Nukunu. The workshop focused on the ‘Master-Apprentice’ method […]
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On the 29th of April 2018 the Mobile Language Team visited Birdsville in order attend the official launch of the children’s book ‘Murru manilhuku yukarnda: Looking for Tucker’, which is written in both English and Wangkangurru. The book was the result of a 12 month collaborative project between authors Jean, Joyce and Jim Crombie, the […]
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The MLT has a new trainee, Ash Wild from Ceduna. As part of her training Ash Wild has chosen to develop a Wirangu language project that she can begin here and take away with her to complete in the months and years ahead. Stemming from an interest in natural resources management, which she studies at […]
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The MLT was invited to Port Lincoln in December last year to assist local Barngarla people with publishing a large set of Barngarla Flip Cards to be used for language learning amongst Barngarla families. Barngarla woman Jenna Richards created and designed the Barngarla Flip Cards to fill a language resource gap in the community of language learners. Now her […]
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In April the MLT headed to the opening of the Mangiri Health and Wellbeing Centre at Navigator College in Port Lincoln, on Barngarla country. This centre is an all purpose gym and recreation centre that provides not only world class sporting facilities but also a space for the Port Lincoln community to gather together and […]
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In March 2018 members of the Mobile Language Team staff visited the remote town of Titjikala in the Northern Territory. The MLT were able to meet with a number of residents, including members of the recently formed Titjikala Women’s Choir in order to evaluate the local language situation. The town’s population of around 200 people […]
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The MLT ran a full day language workshop in March for Nukunu community members at the MLT’s Adelaide meeting facilities. Nukunu trainee Anil Samy along with MLT staff covered a number of topics with those who attended. The session kicked off with an introduction into the sounds and spelling system of Nukunu, and as part […]
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his week, Lyn Ackland and Estelle Miller from the Far West Language Centre (FWLC) visited the MLT offices and presented a Master Apprentice Language Learning Program (MALLP). This workshop was hosted in Adelaide for people of the Far West Coast who live in Adelaide and still want to engage with language activities, while not living […]
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