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Reviving Wiradjuri language
Charles Sturt University (CSU) will offer a new Graduate Certificate in Wiradjuri Language
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Keeping culture alive
Kaurna country man, language teacher and film-maker Jack Buckskin is the special guest on Deadly Sounds this week.
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We’re The First
We are the students from the Year 7 Healesville High School Woiwurrung Ngulu (language) program. We are part of history in the making because we’re the first students to learn an Aboriginal ngulu as a Language Other than English (LOTE) at a high school in Victoria. Bambu (Aunty) Joy Wandin-Murphy and Bambu Doreen Garvey-Wandin are […]
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Shellie Morris – Speaking her language
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Shellie Morris and the Yanyuwa Singers will provide a spectacular cultural opening to this year’s Deadly Awards. The group will be performing two songs in language from Shellie’s new album, Together We Are Strong – or Ngambala wiji Li-Wunungu in Yanyuwa language. “The Yanyuwa Singers have been singing traditional songs since they were […]
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Connecting through language
Speaking an Indigenous language has a positive impact on health and wellbeing according to a study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in remote areas. An Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) study highlights the importance of passing down and using language, which is work that the Wa ngka Ma ya Pilba ra Aboriginal La […]
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Speaking our language
Bob Hawke, Cathy Freeman, Peter Overton, Faulstina “Fuzzy” Agolley, Deborah Thomas and Mario Fenech have all been speaking out about Indigenous literacy – in language. A new commercial from the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) has been launched featuring the Warumungu language from the Tennant Creek region in the Northern Territory. The only words […]
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Bilingual education phased out in six months
Moves to effectively scrap bilingual education in the state will begin within six months according to a Northern Territory schools official. Widespread opposition forced the NT government to back down on the controversial policy late last year. Former Education Minister Marion Scrymgour however gave the policy the green light last month and announced a years […]
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Lou Bennett – Language of Hope
Deadly Vibe Issue 142 “I said do you speaka my language? He just smiled and made me a vegemite sandwich.” (Land Down Under, Men at Work, 1984) Unfortunately not many Australians “speaka the language” of Indigenous Australia. But if musician and actor Lou Bennett has her way, they soon will. Lou believes that, like our […]
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Stars come out for Vibe Alive 2008!
Celebrity guest role models for Vibe Alive 2008 have been announced, with singers, dancers, athletes and actors coming together to ensure that students across Australia have the time of their lives at Vibe Alive. Vibe Alive is a two day festival for young Australians that incorporates music, sport, art, education and healthy living in a […]
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A Top Teacher
Name: Melanie Pitt Taking the first step in a career in education can be daunting for any young teaching graduate fresh out of university. Melanie Pitt, however, welcomed the challenge of her first teaching position in remote New South Wales, and is now grateful for the unique opportunities it has given her. Melanie began her […]
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Connecting with kids
Name: Peter Henwood Peter Henwood likes wide open spaces as well as classrooms. He has been a schoolteacher for 25 years, and has spent many of them in remote bush towns and communities. Now he is teaching media and computer studies at Tennant Creek High School, in the heart of the Northern Territory, and he […]
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Fighting spirit
Name: Anne Clarke For someone who has been doing the same job for the past 21 years, Anne Clarke is refreshingly full of zeal. But it could have something to do with where she works, as Northland Secondary College is certainly not your average school. Located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Northland SC offers […]
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A Close connection
Name: Shirley Close Most mothers of six would have their hands full enough without taking on any extra responsibilities. But not Shirley Close. This Butchulla and Goompril woman is the heart and soul behind Garbutt State School in Townsville, Queensland. As well as teaching Years Three, Five and Six, Shirley is also the local Community […]
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Mother tongue
Name: Gloria Dann Part of being Indigenous is being proud of who we are and where we come from. Sadly, many of our children are growing up with no knowledge of their culture or their heritage. But for the students of Djidi Djidi School in Bunbury, Western Australia, this is something that will never happen. […]
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Trackers
Deadly Vibe Issue 96 February 2005 Making Tracks An inborn understanding of the land gives Aboriginal trackers an ability to see what others cannot. Many of us have seen the role of the Aboriginal tracker depicted in feature films such as Rabbit Proof Fence and The Tracker, an d t here are many more historical […]
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The Garma Festival
Sharing Our Spirit Deadly Vibe Issue 115, September 2006 The Garma Festival – A celebration of culture that brings Aboriginal Australia alive. The Garma Festival is a vibrant and colourful celebration of the East Arnhem Land Yolngu culture. For five days each year the festival brings a gathering of people to Gulkula – a remote […]
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