Partnership with the Coalition of Peaks
First Languages Australia is continuing our discussions with the Coalition of Peaks toward membership of the Coalition.
Want to study Languages and Linguistics?
The Bachelor of Arts (Languages and Linguistics) provides students with the necessary skills and tools to carry out language work in a wide range of contexts and domains.
Language revitalisation winter school
The University of Queensland’s School of Languages and Cultures is developing a learning program for Indigenous people working to reactivate their languages.
ABC Education Language Competition
This year, First Language Australia’s competition with ABC Education is about Acknowledgement of Country.
Yuuingan Dhilla Yari
In March, First Languages Australia was delighted to attend Yuuingan Dhilla Yari, the Queensland Indigenous Languages Forum hosted by the State Library of Queensland.
Endangered Languages Project - Language revitalisation directory
In addition to adding your details to First Languages Australia's skills register for individuals (gakal.com.au) and the language centres and programs map, our international partners at the Endangered Language Project are inviting language revitalisation projects to share their work through the international Revitalisation Directory which will be launched later this year.
Send us your updates for Gambay
In the coming weeks, new content will be added to Gambay: First Languages Map.
Translate the Uluru Statement from the Heart
Pat Anderson and the Uluru Statement from the Heart team are working with community language teams to translate the statement into as many languages as possible.
Snapchat Collaboration
In celebration of International Mother Language Day, on the 21st of February, First Languages Australia and Snapchat launched the 'Australian Indigenous Language Lens' - a filter available for use in the Snapchat app.
Beau Williams, First Languages Australia's new CEO
Biderah Tduringar. My name is Beau Williams and I am the new CEO of First Languages Australia.
It is the International Decade of Indigenous Languages!
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
Launching Gakal: First languages skills register
First Languages Australia is pleased to have launched Gakal: First languages skills register.
Faith Baisden retires
First Languages Australia bid a fond farewell to our founding manager Faith Baisden with immense gratitude.
Work with First Languages Australia
We have a growing number of projects with partner organisations that would benefit from the part-time support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language workers with specific skills.
Free legal services for language centres continues
A reminder that First Languages Australia has extended the free legal services from Arts Law to language centres until June 2022.
Priority Languages Support Project Expression of Interest
The Priority Languages Support Project is open to expressions of interest.
Language Digital Activism Workshops for Oceania
First Languages Australia partnered with Rising Voices to finish the year with an online training session for language workers across Oceania.
Indigenous Language Art Competition
First Languages Australia and ABC Education have collaborated to offer the Indigenous Language Art Competition for a second year.
Appropriate pay and conditions for all people teaching their languages in schools
While schools are increasingly interested in offering a local language as a curriculum subject, there remains little awareness of how to begin discussions with local custodians to initiate such programs.
Languages feature at World Expo Dubai
First Languages Australia was invited to provide content for broadcast on big screens across the site of World Expo Dubai for the duration of the event.