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Sunday, 29 August 2010 14:09
Indigenous Lore and Law Focus
Could the teaching of the Kabi Kabi language become part of the Coast’s school curriculum?
And if not the whole language, would it benefit the Coast community overall to learn the Aboriginal names of our places – perhaps even making our road or place-name signs bi-lingual?
Local indigenous spokesman and…
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Queensland News
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 08:15
Gold Coast Corroboree 2010
A few hundred locals got together over the weekend to celebrate Aboriginal culture at the Yugambeh Corroboree.
Visitors had the chance to learn some Yugambeh words and songs, taste some bush tucker and read about the local ancestory.
They also welcomed over 100 people who participated in the annual Drummley…
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Queensland News
Monday, 12 July 2010 12:31
Hope Pictorial Dictionaries Will Preserve Indigenous Languages
Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ) has secured Federal Government funding to develop the dictionaries for 14 language groups, covering one-third of the state.
DCQ spokesman Jeff Poole says it is hard to find people who still speak some of the languages, but dictionaries will help to revive them.
"It's making it…
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Queensland News
Saturday, 20 March 2010 12:59
It's uplifting to stand on ceremony
Noel Person's view is that reconciliation is not only possible but necessary; and it's settlement will include many things including Language rights.
Read his comments on the irrational, anti-Aboriginal thinking which has troubled the Australian psyche, from colonisation to the present day. Read the full commentary in The Australian.
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