Appendix 4 - Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records program – Funding 2008–09: Social Justice Report 2009
Social Justice Report 2009
Appendix 4: Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and
Records
program – Funding 2008–09
Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records program
2008–09
The Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records program (MILR) provides
funding and support aimed at addressing the steady erosion and loss of
Australia’s Indigenous languages. These are estimated to have originally
numbered some 250.
Many of the projects that the program supports record and document the last
remaining speakers, so that a language can be retained and passed on to future
generations.
To aid the maintenance and revival of these languages, the program funds
community based projects among language groups, supports research into language,
and aids the development and coordination of language resources.
The work being done includes language centres, projects that ensure language
is transmitted from generation to generation, production of language materials
and resources, language recordings, development of databases, and coordination
between language organisations.
Some of the projects are key national pilot programs to build on emerging
trends and develop and test new language initiatives.
Demand for MILR funding is very competitive: in the 2008–09 funding
round 104 applications sought more than $18 million in funding, and 66 projects
were supported with $8.8 million.
The projects that are funded have been assessed in accordance with the MILR
program guidelines.
MILR’s contribution to the maintenance of Indigenous languages is
helping build a strong and sustainable Indigenous languages environment in
Australia.
Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records – Funding
2008–09
Projects approved for funding for 2008–09 by the Minister for the
Environment, Heritage and the Arts as part of the whole of government Indigenous
funding round.
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New South Wales
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Location
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Organisation
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Project Description
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Funding
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ARMIDALE
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Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Armidale
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Deliver the Yuwaalaraay Language program to young people at St
Joseph’s primary and community members in Walgett. |
$89,929
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BOGGABILLA
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Boggabilla Central School
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Re-establish a Gamilaraay Language Program in the Boggabilla Central
School. |
$40,600
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BOURKE
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Muda Aboriginal Corporation
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Teach the Wangkumarra language and develop language resource materials at
the Muda Language Centre. |
$139,562
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BOURKE
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Murdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corporation
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Teach the Yuwaalaraay/ Murrawarri languages to students and community
members in Goodooga. |
$22,716
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CANBERRA
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
(AIATSIS) |
Continue with the online Language Community Access Pilot project by
trialling the use of the Internet to exchange audiovisual documentation of Indigenous languages and cultures between AIATSIS and language speakers and descendants. |
$234,300
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CANBERRA
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Rudder, John
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Develop a comprehensive grammar of the Wiradjuri language.
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$95,000
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FORBES
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Yoorana Gunya Family Violence Healing Centre Aboriginal Corporation
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Teach Wiradjuri language and produce language resources for school students
and community members at Forbes. |
$92,365
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GRIFFITH
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Griffith Wiradjuri Aboriginal Preschool
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Increase the use of Wiradjuri in preschool children and their families and
community in the Griffith region. |
$27,779
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LIGHTNING RIDGE
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Barriekneal Housing and Community
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Provide support for teaching Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay for all K-6 students at
Lightning Ridge Central School. |
$39,000
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MORUYA
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Cobowra Local Aboriginal Land Council
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Support the Dhurga Language program in the Eurobodalla Shire area.
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$35,100
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NAMBUCCA HEADS
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Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative
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Operate a regional language centre that facilitates language revival
supporting students, language workers and community members in the Many Rivers Region. |
$249,810
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NAMBUCCA HEADS
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Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative
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Revitalise, reclaim and maintain the Aboriginal languages with schools and
community groups on the mid north coast and interior of NSW. |
$230,630
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NEWCASTLE
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Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association
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Develop innovative IT resources, language materials for organisations and
skills of language workers nationally and locally. |
$344,960
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ORANGE
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Orange Aboriginal Land Council
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Support the community to revive, relearn and maintain the local Wiradjuri
language in Orange. |
$35,000
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SYDNEY
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Biambul Indigenous Language Business Institute
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Maintain core services and operational requirements of the language centre
for Indigenous and non Indigenous people in the greater Sydney area. |
$93,949
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SYDNEY
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Biambul Indigenous Language Business Institute
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Develop and produce programs for airing on Koori Radio on NSW Indigenous
Languages for listeners of Greater Sydney. |
$15,100
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WALGETT
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Dharriwaa Elders Group
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Increase the use of the Yuwaalaraay/ Gamilaraay languages in the Walgett
community. |
$96,000
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Northern Territory
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Location
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Organisation
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Project Description
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Funding
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ALICE SPRINGS
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Institute for Aboriginal Development
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Support IAD Press’s publishing contribution to the restoration and
maintenance of and promotion and advocacy for Indigenous languages in Australia. |
$103,899
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ALICE SPRINGS
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Institute for Aboriginal Development
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Record the languages and produce documents/ resources that can assist in
maintaining Indigenous languages in the region covering Docker River, Areyonga, Mutitjulu, Willora, Neutral Junction, Haast’s Bluff, Ntaria, Utopia, Imanpa, Ltyentye Apurte, Arltarlpilta and Titkikala. |
$127,682
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BATCHELOR
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Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
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Develop teaching resources for language preservation and maintenance by the
Wadeye community, targeting Marri Amu, Merri Tjevin, Magati Ke, Marri Ngarr, and Murrinh Patha languages. |
$212,246
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BORROLOOLA
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Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Centre
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Record and document the Garrawar, Yanyula, Mara and Gurdanji languages of
the Borroloola region. |
$147,175
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DARWIN
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East Arnhem Shire Council
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Provide a digital cultural archive service and multi-media production
centre at Yirrkala, Arnhem Land. |
$50,000
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DARWIN
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Northern Territory Library
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Support the maintenance of the Warlpiri and Tiwi Language through the
development of appropriate bilingual early literacy resources. |
$69,720
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DARWIN
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West Arnhem Shire Council
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Record, document, transcribe, translate and archive and develop
publications in the Iwaidja language. |
$157,450
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DARWIN
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West Arnhem Shire Council
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Record, document, transcribe, translate and archive the Kunwinjku
language. |
$50,851
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KATHERINE
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Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation
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Support the operations of the Katherine Regional Aboriginal Language Centre
to facilitate language maintenance, revitalisation and documenting of activities. |
$292,900
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KATHERINE
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Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation
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Document and preserve the endangered languages of the Katherine region
including the Mara endangered language. |
$242,000
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KATHERINE
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Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation
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Conduct a feasibility study in the Victoria River District to scope the
potential for language maintenance and revitalisation activities in the Kalkarindji, Daguragu, Yarralin, Pigeon Hole and Timber Creek region. |
$13,500
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NHULUNBUY
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Yothu Yindi Foundation
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Encourage the practice, preservation and maintenance of Yolngu Matha, which
incorporates over forty languages spoken by people of Arnhem Land and to share this at the Key Forum at the Garma Festival of Traditional Culture. |
$60,000
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TENNANT CREEK
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Papulu Apparr-Kari Aboriginal Corporation
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Provide operational funding for maintenance of languages within the Barkly
region. |
$310,030
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WINNELLIE
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Aboriginal Resource and Development Services
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Record and preserve the endangered Dhangu/ Djangu language including the
dialects of Galpu, Wangurri, Warramirri and clan languages of Golumala, Datiwuy, Ngaymil and Rirratjingu. |
$67,925
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WINNELLIE
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Aboriginal Resource and Development Services
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Revitalise and preserve the critically endangered language of Gurrangay
Matha, which is the academic/ technical language of the Yolngu clan groups of North East Arnhem Land. |
$70,000
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WINNELLIE
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Aboriginal Resource and Development Services
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Document and further develop an English to Yolngu Matha (Dhuwal) language
electronic dictionary. |
$33,000
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Queensland
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Location
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Organisation
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Project Description
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Funding
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BEENLEIGH
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Kombumerri Aboriginal Corporation for Culture
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Document and record Indigenous languages through community language teams
in Mitchell, Cunnamulla, Dirranbandi and Yugambeh. |
$122,500
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BUNDABERG
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Gidarjil Development Corporation
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Establish a Regional Indigenous Languages Centre to coordinate the revival
and maintenance of endangered Aboriginal Languages in the Central Queensland region. |
$100,000
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CAIRNS
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North Queensland Regional Aboriginal Corporation Languages Centre
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Maintain and record community language groups, in the region from Mossman
in the north, south to Sarina and west to Richmond. |
$270,500
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CAPE YORK
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Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council
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Promote and maintain the Mungkan and Thayorre languages of Pompuraaw and
surrounding outstations. |
$32,400
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HERVEY BAY
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Korrawinga Aboriginal Corporation
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Coordinate the revival and maintenance of the Butchulla Language for
students and adults in the Hervey Bay and Fraser Coast areas of Central Queensland. |
$110,000
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MORNINGTON ISLAND
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Woomera Aboriginal Corporation
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Teach and ensure intergenerational transmission of the Lardil and Kaiadilt
languages on Mornington Island. |
$53,500
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ROCKHAMPTON
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Saima Torres Strait Islander Corporation
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Facilitate and revive Kala Lagua Ya, Meriam Mir, Kala Kawaw Ya, Kriol and
Kulkagal dialects through language workshops and classes. |
$41,176
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SOUTH BRISBANE
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Library Board of Queensland
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Support community language projects and workers through training, resource
development and coordination of networking between stakeholders to provide strategic planning for Queensland languages. |
$166,000
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South Australia
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Location
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Organisation
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Project Description
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Funding
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ADELAIDE
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Adelaide Research and Innovation
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Produce bilingual publications, through working with elders and translated
recordings, to assist the maintenance of the Nyangumarta language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. |
$73,170
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CEDUNA
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Tjutjunaku Worka Tjuta
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Facilitate community based activities that focus on the teaching and
learning of Indigenous languages pertinent to the West Coast region. |
$44,000
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MAITLAND
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Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association
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Facilitate community based activities that focus on the teaching and
learning of the Narungga language of the Yorke Peninsula region. |
$93,380
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MURRAY BRIDGE
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Department of Employment Training and Further Education
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Write and pilot a TAFE-accredited course which trains Indigenous adults to
teach their language to others in family, community and school situations. |
$87,200
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PORT AUGUSTA
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Umeewarra Aboriginal Media Association
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Promote awareness and use of twenty key Aboriginal languages of northern SA
through weekly radio broadcasts in language prepared with community speakers. |
$27,500
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YALATA
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Yalata Community Incorporated
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Increase the use and importance of Pitjantjatjara in Yalata community by
providing a structured language course and training in Pitjantjatjara literacy. |
$30,603
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Victoria
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Location
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Organisation
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Project Description
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Funding
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MELBOURNE
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Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
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Provide support for Indigenous languages nationally to facilitate the
revival and maintenance of Indigenous languages in Australia. |
$361,899
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MELBOURNE
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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
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Conduct state wide and community-based Indigenous language programs in
Victoria which retrieve, document and revive Victorian Indigenous languages. |
$532,840
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Western Australia
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Location
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Organisation
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Project Description
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Funding
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BATCHELOR
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Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
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Support the Noongar language revival and retrieval in the region by
collecting, collating and publishing Noongar language resources. |
$299,000
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BROOME
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Madjulla Incorporated
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Continue support for the Nyikina language in the Derby region.
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$50,750
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GERALDTON
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Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community Aboriginal Corporation
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Provide a regional language service to assist the revitalisation, renewal
and maintenance of Indigenous languages in the Midwest, Murchison and Gascoyne regions. |
$253,445
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GERALDTON
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Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community Aboriginal Corporation
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A project specialising in the endangered languages of the Midwest,
Murchison and Gascoyne regions. |
$125,665
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HALLS CREEK
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Kimberley Language Resource Centre
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Maintain an Indigenous Language Program in the Kimberley Region in Halls
Creek. |
$440,358
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HALLS CREEK
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Kimberley Language Resource Centre
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A project in the Halls Creek community that supports intergenerational
transfer of ethnobiological knowledge in language. |
$70,000
|
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KUNUNURRA
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Mirima Council Aboriginal Corporation
|
Deliver language maintenance services to Miriwoong and Gajirrawoong people
across the Kununurra region in the East Kimberley. |
$186,373
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KUNUNURRA
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Mirima Council Aboriginal Corporation
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Further develop the Miriwoong dictionary through community involvement of
Miriwoong speaking people from the East Kimberley region. |
$40,508
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NEWMAN
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Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation
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Support the Martu language revival and retrieval in the region by
collecting, collating and publishing Martu language resources. |
$66,800
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ROEBOURNE
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Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation
|
Document and record the Yindibarndi language, and generate materials for
teaching the language to Yindibarndi people in the Pilbara. |
$70,000
|
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SOUTH PORT HEDLAND
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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
|
Record and archive the Kurama, Tharrkari and Nhuwala languages of the
Pilbara region. |
$197,740
|
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SOUTH PORT HEDLAND
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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
|
Conduct a state conference for Indigenous Language Centres throughout
Western Australia to facilitate sharing of knowledge and best practices. |
$45,000
|
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SOUTH PORT HEDLAND
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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
|
Support the operations of an Aboriginal Language Centre at South Hedland
for the benefit of Indigenous people in the Pilbara region. |
$286,559
|
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SOUTH PORT HEDLAND
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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
|
Provide language services to the people of Nullagine, Punmu and Parngurr
Aboriginal communities in the Western Desert region. |
$147,500
|
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SOUTH PORT HEDLAND
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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
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Record and revitalise the Ngarluma language of the Pilbara region, through
the production of a series of short films. |
$15,000
|
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SOUTH PORT HEDLAND
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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
|
Preserve the Aboriginal languages of the Goldfields, Central and Western
Desert regions. |
$144,456
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Tasmania
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Location
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Organisation
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Project Description
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Funding
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HOBART
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Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
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Revive, record, maintain and promote Tasmanian Aboriginal languages, in
particular Palawa Kani. |
$290,000
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