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Mitch Tambo celebrates language and identity on 'I Am Me'
Indigenous World Music star Mitch Tambo has released a children's album built ar...
Joseph Guenzler 26 Jun 2026
Brewarrina voices carry language into classrooms across Australia
Children from Brewarrina will help teach Aboriginal language to students across...
Joseph Guenzler 22 Jun 2026
Bluey translated into Yolŋu Matha for landmark NAIDOC Week initiative
The world's favourite blue heeler family will soon be speaking Yolŋu Matha, with...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Jun 2026
New research shows Noongar culture and arts boosts wellbeing literacy in early childhood education
Key points:- Noongar language, dance and arts has strengthened young children's...
Giovanni Torre 27 May 2026
'Exquisite' illustrations show efforts to save language

An exhibition celebrates the decades-long drive by the remote Western Desert community of Papunya to keep culture and language alive. In a filing cabinet in an old darkroom at the remote Aboriginal co...

April 1, 2026
Kimberley Song Muster to celebrate life, language and culture

After nine years of its award-winning Sound FX program, Tura - Culture Through Sound, with its community partners, has moved into the next phase: the Kimberley Song Muster.

March 26, 2026
Indigenous Literacy Foundation launches 2026 Great Book Swap

More than 80 First Nations primary school students flocked to Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Tuesday as the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) launched its 2026 Great Book Swap, which aims to raise $250,00...

March 12, 2026
Celebrating and protecting the world’s oldest languages

Australia has one of the richest linguistic landscapes on the planet, certainly the oldest, and it needs to be actively protected. International Mother Language Day - 21 February - as approved by UNES...

February 18, 2026
Bunbury Elders new children’s book celebrates Noongar language and Country

Kala, an engaging new children's book written and illustrated by eight members from Birdiya Waangkiny Elders Group in Bunbury, Western Australia, is out now.

November 25, 2025
Nyiyaparli Widi mobile game wins five global Anthem Awards

The Nyiyaparli Living Language Project has received global recognition at the 2025 Anthem Awards. Nyiyaparli Widi secured five awards after being named a finalist in five separate categories.

November 24, 2025
Yolŋu songman Rrawun Maymuru joins Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for world premiere composition

"Flowing seamlessly between past and present", the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will perform Handel's Water Music masterpiece alongside the world premiere of an original composition by Arnhem Land...

August 7, 2025
First Indigenous music therapy songbook launched

Australia's first music therapy songbook for Aboriginal people in health care has launched, aiming to strengthen cultural connection and support clinical outcomes.

August 4, 2025
Aunty Jill sharing Birri language through children's books

Aunty Jill Dodd holds a unique place in Australian publishing; with two box collections of children's books and a full set of educational tools produced in an Aboriginal language.

July 10, 2025
Acclaimed Noongar story of forbidden love hits the road in new light

After mesmerising audiences and critics at the 2024 Perth Festival, the Noongar-performed opera Wundig wer Wilura will return in concert format for a series of special regional performances.

June 27, 2025
The power of music sustaining Indigenous languages

For musician and producer Deline Briscoe, using language in her songs is not just a responsibility, it is a continuation of tradition and honouring her ancestors.

May 29, 2025
‘Spoken since time immemorial’: New dictionary preserves Ngardi language

A new jointly-compiled dictionary is supporting the preservation of the language of the Ngardi people of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

May 13, 2025
Major new public art work champions woiwurrung language

Premiering at Fed Square this week, wurrung dhumbunganjinu is a sound and video work made by Wurundjeri artist and language specialist Brooke Wandin and her collaborators.

April 4, 2025
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