Wadawurrung country stretches from the mountains to the sea. It includes hills, rivers and grassy plains, creeks and coasts and includes modern towns such as Werribee, Geelong and Ballarat in Victoria. Since colonisation, white fellas have tried to write down our Wadawurrung …

First Languages Australia short with Benny Mabo speaking Meriam Mir. This video is a part of the First Languages Australia Gambay language map project. Available to view here: https://gambay.com.au

First Languages Australia short with Annalee Pope talking in Waka Waka language.

When Aunty Lee Healy decided to make the first dictionary for the Taungurung language, she didn’t know what she was in for. The dictionary took four years to make and Aunty Lee says, “I don’t think my mind stopped.” “It became my passion. I would get up at 3.30 in …

Butchulla lullaby

Western Desert Verbal Arts Project Collection From 2012 - 2017 Ngaatjatjarra linguist Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis worked with Inge Kral and Jennifer Green to document the endangered verbal arts of the Australian Western Desert. The Western Desert dialects spoken in the …

Harold, Kevin and Wayne role play a scenario using typical Moree Aboriginal English. List of Moree Aboriginal English: ngarriga… silly birray… boy shook (or to shake)… steal/ stole dimba… sheep gungis… police bugeri… telling lies womba…mad, …

First Languages Australia short with o speaking about the Jandai language. First Languages Australia is a national organisation working with community language programs around the country to support the continued use and recognition of Australia’s first languages. More …