Bana Guyurru – Program

Bana Guyurru – Program

The program for Bana Guyurru: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Forum 2019 was packed with presentations, workshops and discussion groups around themes such as well-being, language mapping, working with schools or learning through song. Over the two days we explored the many ways that communities and schools are collaborating to teach their local languages; […]

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum 2019

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum 2019

The Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee and the Pama Language Centre are pleased to be hosting the 2019 Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum to be held at the Novotel in Cairns on the 7th and 8th of May. Registration is $160.00. To register please follow this link. There are a limited number of […]

Binbi Wadjabay – Wrap up

Binbi Wadjabay – Wrap up

A full summary can be downloaded here as a PDF. Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee together with Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (DATSIP) were pleased to coordinate Binbi Wadyabay: Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum on the 16th and 17th of May 2018 at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre, Rockhampton. The […]

Kanji Waiburra – Wrap up

Kanji Waiburra – Wrap up

Kanji Waiburra, Queensland’s 2016 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum, was a vibrant event coordinated collaboratively by the Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee and the Yugambeh Museum, Language and Heritage Research Centre. The gathering brought together language workers from across Queensland with more than on hundred people attending. A broad range of presentations for […]

Registrations Closing – Kanji Waiburra: Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum

Registrations Closing – Kanji Waiburra: Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum

Minyahgu all, This is your last chance to register for Kanji Waiburra as the closing date is Monday the 16th May. The program features a wide range of presentations that will interest everyone, from people taking first steps in learning or teaching their language, to long-term language professionals who are keen to keep pace with […]

Register now: Kanji Waiburra – Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum

Register now: Kanji Waiburra – Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum

Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee and the Yugambeh Museum, Language and Heritage Research Centre are pleased to announce the support of the Sofitel Hotel at Broadbeach to assist us in hosting Kanji Waiburra: Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum 30th and 31st May – Gold Coast Sofitel Hotel, 81 Surf Parade, Broadbeach, Gold […]

Kanji Waiburra – Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum

Kanji Waiburra – Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum

Save the dates for Kanji Waiburra – Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum Planning is underway for the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Forum to be held on the Gold Coast on the 30th and 31st May, in partnership with The Yugambeh Museum, Language and Heritage Research Centre. This will be […]

Learn to say G’day in an indigenous language

Learn to say G’day in an indigenous language

A Radio National story. Listen to the full program here. Brisbane’s Clancestry Festival is a week long celebration of First Nation Peoples. With an emphasis on art and culture, organisers of Clancestry are especially keen to engage non-indigenous Australians in the festivities. Curator Nadine McDonald-Dowd says the level of interest in indigenous culture has never […]

Dabba Yarrabil: Queensland’s first languages shared through song

Dabba Yarrabil: Queensland’s first languages shared through song

Media Release As part of the Queensland Music Festival, the Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee (QILAC) invite you to join them at Kuril Dhagun (State Library of Queensland) on the 25 July, 2015 in celebration of Queensland’s traditional languages, music and song. Through their work together the members of QILAC have become close friends and […]