Gloria Panka is the granddaughter of the famous watercolour artist Albert Namatjira (deceased), who was awarded a coronation medal from Queen Elizabeth in 1953 for his extraordinary talent. Gloria and her grandfather Albert come from the mission Ntaria also known as …

Mother Tongue series: Welcome to Shelly Beach

First Languages Australia short with Roy McDonnell speaking about the Injinoo Ikya 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 …

First Languages Australia short with Steven Atkinson speaking about the Barngarla 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 …

First Languages Australia short with Wally Saunders speaking about Manbarra. This beautiful series of shorts from First Languages Australia celebrate Indigenous languages, and the people who speak them, keep them alive and help others to learn more about Indigenous language.

First Languages Australia short with Suzy Holland speaking Bunganditj This beautiful series of shorts from First Languages Australia celebrate Indigenous languages, and the people who speak them, keep them alive and help others to learn more about Indigenous language.

Peter Salmon, now in his 80s is the last speaker of the Indigenous Thiin (or Thiinma) language. With only a few of his younger relatives able to understand Thiin (or Thiinma), Peter is keen for his language to be recaptured and revived before it is too late. The Lyons River …

Mothers Tongue series: A passion for Yolngu Matha Language.