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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.…
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Western Australia 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.
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Western Australia News
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 08:22
Making Connections Across the Desert
Spread across three states and thousands of hectares of arid land lie the Ngaanyatjaara lands, much of it in WA's Western Desert.
Home to about 2,500 people, it is a region most people have never heard of and will never venture into.
It is also home to an indigenous radio…
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Western Australia News
Thursday, 03 June 2010 09:56
TV Helps Aboriginal Language Revival
Here's a statistic I find pretty sobering: of more than 200 Indigenous languages spoken on the Australian continent before European settlement, fewer than 20 are still in daily use, and even these are endangered.
Once a people's language dies out, a vital part of their culture and identity is lost forever.…
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Western Australia News
Monday, 10 May 2010 15:07
TV Show Teaches Aboriginal Language to Kids
A TELEVISION channel is broadcasting the first lessons in an Aboriginal language aimed at young children, in a bid to stem an alarming decline that wiped out hundreds of native dialects.
"Waabiny Time," for three to six-year-olds, teaches "yes," "no" and other basic terms in the Noongar language, which is…
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Western Australia News
Monday, 29 March 2010 12:30
Digital threat to remote area indigenous TV
YOUNG indigenous broadcaster Noel Sampi is about to embark on a project close to his heart: filming elders from his tiny Dampier Peninsula community of Djarindjin talking about their life stories, especially their memories of the long fight for native title.
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Western Australia News
Thursday, 25 March 2010 12:49
Community pay tribute to priest
Father Kevin McKelson ran a catholic mission outside Broome around 50 years ago, where he encouraged aboriginal culture and language while also promoting the merits of western style education.Now he is an aged care home in Melbourne but remains widely respected by aboriginal people in Broome and the Kimberly and…
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Western Australia News
Thursday, 25 March 2010 12:35
Special studies for Noongars
Collie Mail Article NOONGAR students will have the opportunity of a better education when after-school study classes start next term.The classes for primary school-aged students will be held at Amaroo Primary School for Noongar youngsters from Amaroo, Fairview and Wilson Park.Classes will start in the second week of next term…
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Western Australia News
Tuesday, 23 March 2010 13:03
Bush medicine put to the test in WA
In a bid to reduce substance abuse in Indigenous youth, Kidja elders in Warman Community, East Kimberley, Western Australia are starting to use traditional healing, bush medicine and Language.
Troubled youth who want help are brought to the bush camp, where they spend three weeks learning bush medicine, dance and…
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Western Australia News
Friday, 19 February 2010 13:53
Celebrating and protecting languages other than English
Kimberley Aboriginal languages are critically endangered and at risk of extinction. Hear how efforts are being made to revitalise local language.
International Mother language day, which was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999, is celebrated on February 21st.
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Western Australia News