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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 12:41
Dictionary turns Aboriginal words into good health
The dictionary, which has taken six years to complete, translates over 200 terms into Yolngu Matha, the main language used in east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
The dictionary includes descriptions of things like "nostrils", "skeleton" and "DNA".
Published in
Northern Territory News
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 09:23
Indigenous Australians Recognised in NSW Constitution
The New South Wales constitution now recognises Aboriginal people as the first people in the state, after the Premier introduced a new bill into parliament today.
Published in
New South Wales News
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 12:04
Noonkanbah: Fight For Aboriginal Land Rights
DICKIE COX REMEMBERS HOLDING up the Aboriginal flag as he was being arrested in a protest that was to become a famous rights issue. It was 30 years ago when the name of their station, Noonkanbah, WA, became synonymous with the fight to stop oil drilling on a sacred site.…
Published in
Western Australia News
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 10:13
Bluer Rather Than Pinker
Before I knew that school buses were yellow, I experienced them as tangerine. I argued with my betters about this. If a good part of education is training the judgment to accept the consensus view, then I was educated to understand what adults were convinced of: that school buses are…
Published in
New South Wales News
Sunday, 05 September 2010 10:47
Wangka Maya open day
The language centre has been busy rebuilding and recovering from the devastating fire that gutted part of the new building last year.
Repairs are now complete. “We encourage people to visit and enjoy cultural performances, language activities and displays,” Wangka Maya manager Nadine Hicks said.
Published in
Western Australia News
Friday, 03 September 2010 13:55
What's In a Name? Fame or Notoriety For Explorer
Disrespectful humour and mental illness led to the downfall of this German historian, writes Steve Meacham.
HE IS Australia's forgotten explorer. An enigmatic adventurer who in 10 short years in Australia succeeded in virtually every scientific challenge he set himself but who died, unappreciated, in an insane asylum in Germany…
Published in
National News
Friday, 03 September 2010 09:20
Saving First Nations Languages From Extinction
Having been asked to write a piece on First Nations' issues relevant to the current election campaign I responded by pointing out that First Nations people cannot participate in federal or provincial politics without jeopardizing their treaty rights.
Since treaties can only be signed by nations, and not by citizens…
Published in
International
Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:40
It's All In a Name
THERE'S AN AGE OLD question: What's in a name? Well, apparently when it comes to names of geographical places you have to delve beneath the surface.
There are an estimated four million place names in Australia. Last month, the movement to rename one of them - Rotten Bay off South Australia's coast -…
Published in
National News
Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:13
Israel Sponsors Dubbo Indigenous Languages Hub
The Embassy of Israel is financing an IT centre that will give Indigenous Australians a new way to share their traditional stories.
The Allira Aboriginal Knowledge IT Centre opens in Dubbo today.
Published in
New South Wales News
Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:11
The Verdict is Finally In: Language Informs the Way We Think
Since the beginning of recorded history, poets and philosophers have suspected that language speaks us more than we speak language. Science tried in the twentieth century to prove the notion empirically, but ultimately failed. Now science is back – it appears our languages do make us think differently. Which is…
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International