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Brewarrina voices carry language into classrooms across Australia
Children from Brewarrina will help teach Aboriginal language to students across...
Joseph Guenzler 22 Jun 2026
Nauru steps closer to Dorerin Naoero-language name change ahead of historic referendum
The Pacific nation of Nauru — in name, at least — may soon be no more. The world...
Andrew Mathieson 16 Jun 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
'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
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
Indigenous Literacy Foundation and AusPost partnership delivering hundreds of thousands of books

Since 2011, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has helped over one million books reach hundreds of remote communities around the country. In the last six years alone, over 600,000 have been delivered...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Feb 20, 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
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
'Poorpa Yanyeen Meerreeng': Scenic Victorian trail officially opened, named using traditional language

A trail through Victoria's west has officially been opened, acknowledging the area's First Peoples and their connection to the land others are invited to experience in its traditional name. The 19.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Nov 27, 2025
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