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Description Video produced by the Department of Communications and the Arts Australia in celebration of the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
'This Place' is a partnership between the ABC and First Languages Australia inviting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to create a short video about a place name, and the story behind it. Share with ICTV with support from the Community Benefit Fund.
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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, …
First Languages Australia short with Susan Kenedy speaking about the Anguthimiri 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 Richard Johnson speaking GoorengGooreng.
This video is a part of the First Languages Australia Gambay language map project. Available to view here: https://gambay.com.au
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 …
John Waterton teaches the Bidyara and Gungabula languages in the central Queensland town of Woorabinda.
The languages were thought to be lost for many years, but through the hard work of people like John, they are being reintroduced back into the community.
Here, John takes …
First Languages Australia short with Ainsley O'Connor speaking about the Walmajarri 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 …
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