About Us

The Spoken WordKeeping - The Aboriginal Language.
Christobel Swann is a Conservationist with a difference. She is working as an Aboriginal Linguist in Alice Springs to conserve a part of our national heritage which most Australians are ignorant of - Australian Aboriginal Languages.

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The UNESCO Endangered Languages Programme has as its mission to promote and safeguard endangered languages and linguistic diversity as an essential part of the living heritage of humanity.

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The Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages is the national body for community based Indigenous language programs in Australia. The organisation was established in 1991 in response to the Australian Language and Literacy Policy, to promote the maintenance, retrieval and revival of Indigenous languages, through the support of community based language programs.

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The "Aboriginal Hunter" Gateway Website is a portal site which has been driven by the Indigenous community of the Hunter. The website is seen as an ideal tool to addressing some of the needs of the community.

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The Yindjibarndi Online dictionary. Currently have two sections - Body parts and animals.

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The following extracts are from a speech given by Gerry Gambill at a conference on Human Rights at Tobique Reserve in New Brunswick, in August, 1958. In this speech, he warned native people about how this society goes about taking away the human rights of native people...

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This website is for protocols and are intended to guide libraries, archives and information services in appropriate ways.

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A place in cyberspace for indigenous peoples of Australia. Controlled and operated by indigenous people.

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre was officially established in 1987 when Aboriginal people of the Pilbara came together to discuss how they could save Aboriginal languages of the region and educate others about Aboriginal languages and culture.

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The Katherine Regional Aboriginal Language Centre was established in 1992 to service the needs of some 32 Aboriginal langage groups spread across the region covering the middle third of the Northern Territory.

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The Māori Language Commission was established under the Māori Language Act 1987. The Commission works hard to ensure that Māori language remains a vital living part of life in New Zealand using a range of tools and media including this website.

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This site has annotated links to 224 resources for about 70 languages. About 33% of these resources are produced or published by Indigenous people.

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The heart of NATSIEW is a collection of 2000 Internet resources indexed by 800 keywords related to the culture, history and education of Australia's first peoples.

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The Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages was established in 1994 to address the issues of language loss and is the state body responsible for coordinating Community Language Programs throughout Victoria.

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At this site you can read and hear stories in Yuwaalaraay and Gamilaraay, languages spoken in northern New South Wales, Australia.

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The NSW Aboriginal Languages Research and Resource Centre has been established by the New South Wales Government within the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs to play a key role in the preservation and revitalisation of indigenous languages in New South Wales.

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