Blog: Indigenous languages
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Conservation of Indigenous Language Cards
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2 Sep 2019 Rhonda Smith, James CampbellThe Ken Hale language cards in the AIATSIS Collection number over 3500 and help document various Indigenous languages from the remote regions of Australia.
Indigenous Languages in Australian Parliaments
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21 May 2018 Jacqueline BattinAs a part of AIATSIS’ Ngunawal Revival Project, we assisted in writing an acknowledgment of country in Ngunawal, which PM Malcom Turnbull has said in Parliament. But on what other occasions have Indigenous Australian languages been used in Parliament?
Arthur Capell and language codes
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11 Oct 2016 Dr Kazuko ObataFor many years, AIATSIS has been looking after Arthur Capell’s archive of over 230 reels that contain language recordings.
