First Languages Australia short with Gail Harradine speaking Wergaia. 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 John Waterton talking about the Gungabula language.

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, …

Peggy Patrick speaks about the importance of Gija language and its uncertain future. Filmed at Warmun Art Centre, Warmun Community April 2015 to promote the Gija Language and Culture Classes Pozible fundraising campaign. To donate go to pozi.be/gijalanguageclasses or …

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 …

Vianca shares some Arrernte words.

First Languages Australia short with Mandy Nicholson speaking Woiwurrung. 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.

A few people speak the Indigenous Djabuguy language fluently. Michael Quinn, an Englishman, is one of them. It was 1986 when he arrived in the Far North Queensland town of Kuranda with his young family. Before this he had been living in Sydney where he studied a four year …