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Category Archives: Queensland
Are some of the children in remote areas non-English-speaking and do they need to be taught in their own traditional language?
An interesting article in the Courier Mail which raises the above question. Read the article
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Losing Language, Losing Knowledge
Audio, transcript and quotes from the 2011 Brisbane Writers Festival panel session with Andrew Westoll, Wade Davis, Susan Hawthorne chaired by Faith Baisden. BWF 2011 Transcript The audio segments are about 30mins each. PresentationsBWF audio presentations QuestionsBWF audio questions
Posted in International, Queensland
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Strait Talking
Article by Living Black – 9 April 2012 As the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander languages in use dwindles there’s one Indigenous language that’s growing Yumplatok, Stefan Armbruster reports from the Torres Strait.
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Team approach to NILS planning at AIATSIS
Eastern States Group members were part of the Reference Group called to discuss the planning of the National Indigenous Languages Survey 2, with the Indigenous Languages team at AIATSIS recently. With many points to consider in drafting a ‘user friendly’ … Continue reading
Posted in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
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ESALG takes language issues to Minister
A delegation from the Eastern States Aboriginal Languages Group met recently with Minister Peter Garrett- Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. At a meeting in his Sydney electorate office, Kevin Lowe, Paul Paton and Faith Baisden took the … Continue reading
Posted in National, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
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Reviving “extinct” languages
An article in Namalata Thusi. The Queensland Government’s external publication on Indigenous issues, published by The Department of Communities. Namalata is a Queensland Aboriginal word meaning “messenger” and Thusi is a western Torres Strait Islander word meaning “paper” or “book”.
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Eastern States member joins royal reception.
ESALG member Faith Baisden was honoured to receive an invitation to represent the group at the reception for Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Parliament House Canberra last October. Among the large crowd that filled the Great Hall … Continue reading
Posted in National, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
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Announcement: Eastern States Language Centres Meeting
The Eastern States Aboriginal Languages Group is planning a meeting to bring together representatives of language centres and language programs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and ACT.
Posted in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
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Meeting at AIATSIS
ESALG members were pleased to accept an invitation from AIATSIS Director Mr. Russell Taylor to hold their November meeting at the Institute, using the opportunity to share information between the two groups.
Posted in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
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Meeting with the Governor-General
Members of the Eastern States Aboriginal Languages Group were pleased to accept an invitation to a morning tea with the Governor-General of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC at Government House Canberra on the 22nd November.
Posted in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
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