… the language of an Indigenous Australian people in New South Wales. Reviving language is seen as critical by many of the country’s Indigenous people. Australia has one of the highest rates of ...
COFFS HARBOUR, Australia, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Whirling barefoot in a sand circle, Clark Webb leads a class of school children as they dance to clapsticks and the songs of the Gumbaynggirr, an ...
One woman was warned and from then on she never spoke it again. The Dharawal language, which once echoed from Sydney Harbour to the Illawarra, almost died out in this way, squashed from use and forced ...
When retired Brigadier General Jeremiah Faransa speaks about his heritage, his voice carries both pride and urgency. “Our languages are vanishing,” he says. “And with them, our stories, our proverbs, ...
University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Malekula, the second-largest island in the Vanuatu ...