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, …

Language revival and connection to ancestors and country.

First Languages Australia short with Maritza Roberts speaking Marra. 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.

It’s story time at the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy school in Hopevale and Aunty Irene Hammett is armed with her Guugu Yimidhirr language books. She wrote them based on her and her family’s childhoods. They tell tales of adventures on country - through the bush, …

A short documentary about the languages of the Roper River region which advocates for the study and preservation of traditional languages.

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 Hiroko Shioji speaking Yawuru. 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 Len Collard speaking 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 …