During the last week of March the Mobile Language Team took part in a service providers meeting in the town of Oodnadatta to give input on the way services are delivered within the township. With roughly 20 service providers in attendance, ranging from the Department of Education to the Office of the Prime Minister, community […]
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In March, Clayton from the MLT visited the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) in Sydney, in particular – Tina Raye, who works as a Program Manager for the ILF. Tina is an Arabana woman, who has been involved more recently in working with the Arabana community on language projects, funded in part through the MLT. The […]
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As part of the MLT’s continued commitment to training in Aboriginal languages, the MLT is pleased to introduce Anil Samy Jr., a Nukunu descendant from Adelaide, who is taking part in the MLT’s trainee program in 2018. Anil comes to the MLT from UniSA where he is studying media production and development. As a Nukunu […]
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As part of ABC RN’s Indigenous culture program Awaye, Mobile Language Team Aboriginal Language Workers Karina Lester and Clayton Cruse recently featured in Word Up, a language segment that focuses on maintenance, revival and education of Indigenous languages. The segment has native language speakers choose and speak words from their language and give an insight into […]
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Mobile Language Team co-manager and Aboriginal Language Worker Karina Lester recently chatted with Lea McInerey about the current state of language revitalisation and what it means to understand the language of the region you’ve grown up in for Lea’s article in the ‘Learning the local language’ for the Griffith Review. Lea tells the story of […]
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As part of the Mobile Language Teams state wide approach to supporting grass root language initiatives, the team recently met with George Cooley of Umoona Community, Coober Pedy, to deliver language resources and congratulate George and the team at Umoona Community on the successful application for the Indigenous Language and Arts funding recently received. The […]
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As part of the Mobile Language Team’s continued work with the maintenance and revival of the Arabana language, the team headed out to Port Augusta in September to conduct a language with technology workshop with Arabana woman Dr. Veronica Arbon and the backing of the Arabana Aboriginal Board Inc. Using technology and recordings of Arabana […]
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As part of the celebrations surrounding NAIDOC Week 2016 the ABC took a look at Aboriginal Songlines that reach across Australia, telling the story of the land and the people. Nukunu man, Michael Turner discussed what Songlines mean to him and his family and the significance and importance of understanding Songlines through both language and […]
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On the weekend of the 7th and 8th of May, the Mobile Language Team held a 2-day meeting in Port Augusta for the Adnyamathanha community, to talk about possible project ideas for the Adnyamathanha language. The meeting was attended by different family groups within the Adnyamathanha community, with all expressing an interest in projects aimed […]
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