First Languages Australia short with Troy Wyles speaking about the Warrgamay 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 …

My language Gathang

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 …

Takataka - Gurindji Sign Language 15 short videos with Gurindji people demonstrating signs for people, places, artefacts and actions.

First Languages Australia short with Des Crump speaking about the Kamilaroi 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 …

This is one of a series of Vox Pop films created by people who attended the 'Wangka Kanyilku, Wangka : Decolonising First Nations' Languages Conference', Kalgoorlie 24-26 October 2023. This film features Denise Smith-Ali OAM a Noongar linguist from Perth. For more …

First Languages Australia short with Diane McNaboe speaking North/West Wiradjuri. 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 …

Across Australia there are hundreds of different Aboriginal languages, some that are still spoken fluently across generations, and others that are endangered, and are in the process of being revived or preserved. But what’s involved in keeping these ancient languages alive, …