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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 07:12
Elders Track Lost Indigenous Languages
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics over 250 Indigenous languages were spoken in Australia before white settlement, just over half of those still exist today.
Sadly the majority of those remaining languages are considered critically endangered but there are moves to change that.
Workshops aimed at teaching people…
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Wednesday, 04 January 2012 12:00
Indigenous Cultures Exchanged
TWO distinctly different yet similar cultures met at St James' Parish today, as members of the Native American Anishinabe tribe met with local Aboriginal people at the Indigenous Culture in Practice seminar.
Northern Lights, a dance and cultural group made up of members of the Anishinabe tribe, is visiting Queensland…
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Monday, 05 December 2011 07:32
Indigenous Dictionary Released On Straddie
NORTH Stradbroke Island has its own indigenous dictionary, called the Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council Jandai Language Dictionary.
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Queensland News
Monday, 24 October 2011 09:29
Soiree With The Queen
NOT every day a letter arrives with an invitation to a cocktail soiree with the Queen. But that's what happened to Cleveland woman Faith Baisden.
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Queensland News
Friday, 16 September 2011 11:06
Saving Warrungu
In the early 1970s on Palm Island in north Queensland, there was an extraordinary cultural exchange - between an Aboriginal elder, Alf Palmer, and a masters student from Japan.Alf Palmer was the last native speaker of the Warrungu language.The student was now Professor Tasaku Tsunoda, and together they embarked on…
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Monday, 12 September 2011 10:59
Linguist Revives Lost Aboriginal Language
GAMO, Bama, Jambon - forgotten words from a lost language. But Japanese linguist Professor Tasaku Tsunoda hopes to change that.
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Tuesday, 06 September 2011 10:28
Japanese Linguist Helps Revive An Aboriginal Language
TONY EASTLEY: It's taken 40 years but from almost the ashes of extinction, an Aboriginal language has been saved and is again being spoken on Palm Island in North Queensland.
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Queensland News
Tuesday, 06 September 2011 08:02
Japanese Link To Lost Aboriginal Language
Two hundred years ago the Worrongo language was spoken widely by the traditional owners of the Townsville area.
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Queensland News
Friday, 02 September 2011 08:10
UQ Researchers Focus On Aboriginal Languages
As the number of Aboriginal languages dwindles, UQ researchers are intensifying their studies to protect and document those that remain.
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Queensland News
Thursday, 30 June 2011 12:11
One Dad Making A Difference
Willie Hammond walks toward the camera, puts out his hand and says "Yugumbeh – Stop the violence." It's an advertisement that's part of an ongoing campaign to put an end to domestic violence and features a number of local Indigenous community members saying 'Don't do it again' in the Bundjalung…
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