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Yolŋu leader brings lessons of power and process to AIATSIS Summit
The AIATSIS Summit on the Gold Coast has heard from Yolŋu leader Professor Yalma...
New research shows Noongar culture and arts boosts wellbeing literacy in early childhood education
Key points:- Noongar language, dance and arts has strengthened young children's...
Giovanni Torre 27 May 2026
Students to explore Aboriginal language revitalisation during National Reconciliation Week
The revitalisation of Aboriginal languages will be the focus of a free online pr...
Phoebe Blogg 21 May 2026
Indigenous-led AI platform signals new direction for language, data and governance
A new Aboriginal-led digital platform combining language revitalisation and arti...
Giovanni Torre 23 Apr 2026
Grandmother and grandson graduate together from Wiradjuri language course

A grandmother and grandson have graduated together from Charles Sturt University after supporting each other through a course in Wiradjuri language, culture and heritage.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 6, 2026
'Exquisite' illustrations show efforts to save language

An exhibition celebrates the decades-long drive by the remote Western Desert community of Papunya to keep culture and language alive. In a filing cabinet in an old darkroom at the remote Aboriginal co...

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Liz Hobday Apr 1, 2026
Kimberley Song Muster to celebrate life, language and culture

After nine years of its award-winning Sound FX program, Tura - Culture Through Sound, with its community partners, has moved into the next phase: the Kimberley Song Muster.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 26, 2026
Indigenous Literacy Foundation launches 2026 Great Book Swap

More than 80 First Nations primary school students flocked to Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Tuesday as the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) launched its 2026 Great Book Swap, which aims to raise $250,00...

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni Mar 12, 2026
English Language program expands to deliver free education to northern remote communities

The English Language Learning for Indigenous Children (ELLIC) program, a play-based learning initiative delivered by Education Services, is expanding - giving remote preschools and primary schools acr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 4, 2026
Many languages, one clear message: Life Support Service videos strive to reach all Territorians

The Power and Water Corporation' series of Life Support Service awareness videos in different Aboriginal languages aims to help keep Territorians informed.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 3, 2026
Celebrating and protecting the world’s oldest languages

Australia has one of the richest linguistic landscapes on the planet, certainly the oldest, and it needs to be actively protected. International Mother Language Day - 21 February - as approved by UNES...

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Dianne Bortoletto Feb 18, 2026
New bilingual education policy signed for APY Lands schools

The Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Education Committee, based on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia's far north-west, has formally signed the Aṉangu B...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Feb 12, 2026
‘Marmanar’: The reawakened Aboriginal language of Tasmania’s North-West

In Tasmania's far North-West, a community language program has reawakened the traditional tongue of the area's Aboriginal people. The Marmanar Language Reawakening Project, an initiative of the Circul...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jan 29, 2026
Cherokee syllabary keyboards rolled out across language programs

Close to 200 Cherokee syllabary keyboards have been donated to Cherokee speakers and people learning the Cherokee language. The keyboards are intended to make it easier to type in Cherokee and use the...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 13, 2026
Grant supports Miriwoong language learning space in Kununurra

Kununurra's Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Cultural Centre has received a Lotterywest grant of just over $1.1 million to support the creation of a new community learning space dedicated to...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 2, 2026
Language program trials new support for Navajo children with speech delays

First Nations Diné and Acoma Pueblo speech pathologist and researcher, Joshuaa Allison-Burbank, is leading a study which aims to support children experiencing speech delays by working within th...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 1, 2026
How Indigenous culture is enriching preschoolers' days

There's a special song the children sing at the preschool Jade King's daughter attends. It's about Country and is sung in the local Bandjalang language, as well as English.

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Keira Jenkins Dec 15, 2025
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