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Scholar centres I-Kiribati knowledge, women and cultural resilience
As Kiribati Language Week is celebrated across Aotearoa / New Zealand this week,...
Giovanni Torre 6 Jul 2026
Yirrganydji project puts language at centre of NAIDOC celebrations
NAIDOC Week 2026 marks a significant milestone, with 50 Years of Deadly celebrat...
Joseph Guenzler 29 Jun 2026
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 program taking place during National Reconciliation Week. Engaging thousands of primary school students across New South W...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg May 21, 2026
Indigenous-led AI platform signals new direction for language, data and governance

A new Aboriginal-led digital platform combining language revitalisation and artificial intelligence was officially launched Thursday, highlighting a shift toward Indigenous control of knowledge system...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 23, 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
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