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 speaking Gloria Dann about the Noongar 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 …

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 …

First Languages Australia short with Tyronne Bell speaking Ngunawal. This video is from a series of videos produced by First Languages Australia that originally appeared on the Gambay Languages map. The map can be viewed at https://gambay.com.au/

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 …

One day, right before her 14th birthday, Joy Wandin Murphy woke up with a bad feeling. She refused to go to school. She had an unshakeable sense of dread that something was going to happen to her father. Joy was eventually permitted to stay home, and her father passed away that …

Mother Tongue series: Welcome to Shelly Beach

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