First Languages Australia

Promoting Australia's first languages

Working with partners to increase awareness of the wonder and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Read More
Education initiatives

From training through to employment, First Languages Australia is working with policy makers and educators to help overcome the issues facing those involved with the teaching and learning of first languages. Read More
Young Champions

Mentoring Australia’s bright young language workers. Read More
Nangun wruk: Our earth

A national place names project that aims to better involve communities in the renaming processes in their regions. Read More
Priority Languages Support

Recording speakers of languages with very little documentation. Read More
Gambay: Australian First Languages Map

An interactive map that allows community control over how thier languages are represented. Read More

Resources

Yakilla: Training Tracks

As the languages of this continent are many and diverse, so too are the learning needs of language community members.…
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Supporting language programs in these difficult times

Minyahgu to all of you in our network who are trying to continue with such important work while facing the…
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Gambay: Australian First Languages Map

First Languages Australia has developed an interactive map to display and promote the diversity of Australia’s Aboriginal languages and Torres…
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Wandan: First Language Collections Portal

Trove is the national search engine through which people can explore the amazing collections held by Australian libraries, universities, museums,…
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Yaale: Tools for language work

Yaale is a tool that collates and shares information about the various tools that are useful for language work. You can…
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Gakal: First languages skills register

As part of our ongoing work in training and career development for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in…
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Legal resources for language programs

First Languages Australia and partner organisation are developing a range of legal tools and resources to support language work. First…
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Junyirri: A framework for planning community language projects

In 2015, First Languages Australia developed Junyirri for the Indigenous Languages Support Program, administered by the Department of Communications and…
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Wangkaku Nintirri: Learn for the sake of our languages

Wangkaku Nintirri: Learn for the sake of our languages is a series of short training films to support language worker skill development…
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Nintiringanyi: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Teaching and Employment Strategy

Nintiringanyi highlights key actions for each state's and territory’s consideration in appropriately developing and supporting Indigenous language teachers in schools. The…
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Warra: Building teams, building resources

Warra is a tool to assist people who are looking to create Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language resources. It…
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Global Lessons: Indigenous languages and multilingualism in school programs

As a companion to Nintiringanyi: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teaching and Employment Strategy, we have collated case studies…
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Marrin Gamu: Many languages, one song

“Marrin Gamu” is a body parts song for primary school children and a web resource, created to introduce Australians to…
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Angkety map: Digital Resources Report

Angkety map is a comprehensive guide to the benefits and challenges of using digital resources in language work. It was…
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Jarrak: Our languages journey

Jarrak is a public knowledge bank which captures key milestones for strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages from the 1970s…
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This Place

This Place is a year-long project through which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can publish stories about place names in…
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Mother Tongue with ABC Open

The Mother Tongue Project is part of First Languages Australia’s national media strategy, which aims to increase the awareness of…
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Councils engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages

Welcome to the first languages of Australia When developing activities around Australia’s first languages, it is vital to work alongside…
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ABC Station IDs in Indigenous Languages

Jingi wala wahlu. Nanya nyari Mellie and you are listening to ABC Gold Coast The first voices of Australia are…
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National Indigenous Languages Collection Strategy

Connecting communities to collected words. The Australian First Languages Collections Strategy 2013 is an historic effort to uncover and share…
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Language Legends

In 2013, FLA initiated the Language Legends project aimed at recording and sharing the motivations and work of Aboriginal and…
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Notes to assist language reporting

If you are preparing a story or article about an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language activity, or wish to…
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Contact your local language group

There are many ways to make contact with a local language group. In regions that have an active language centre…
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50 Words Project

The 50 Words project aims to provide fifty words in every Indigenous language of Australia. The words are provided online…
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Contact us

Phone +61 2 4940 9144 or 1300 975 246

Email contact [at] firstlanguages.org.au

Visit 2 Milton St, Hamilton, NSW, 2303

Post PO Box 74, Hamilton, NSW 2303

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Join First Languages Australia's network +

You can assist in the work of First Languages Australia by becoming an active member of our network. Collectively, First… Read More
Australia’s first languages +

Australia’s First Languages are a wonderful and precious resource. Australia is situated in one of the world’s linguistic hot spots.… Read More
Why maintain our languages? +

There are many reasons to maintain Australia's first languages. Chapter 3 of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Social Justice Report… Read More