Can you say ‘how do you do’ at Uluru?
A public forum on Australian Indigenous languages presented by Big hART and the Ngapartji Ngapartji team.
WHEN: 6-7pm, Wednesday January 30th 2008
WHERE: Belvoir Street Theatre. Belvoir St, Surry Hills, Sydney
HOSTED BY: Prof. Larissa Behrendt – Research Director, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS
SPEAKERS:
Makinti Minutjukur, Pukatja Community Liaison
Kevin Lowe Inspector, Aboriginal Education, NSW Board of Studies
Daryn Mckenny, General Manager, Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Assn
Jody Bruan Director General, NSW Department of Aboriginal Australia
Alex Kelly Creative Producer, Ngapartji Ngapartji
Minyahgu and welcome to the Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee website.
This site has been made available to share information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language programs in Queensland, while also having a look at relevant news from interstate and overseas. Please feel free to use the links on the blogsite to make your own contribution and lets see how it grows.
The title Banma Kiya means “Talk”. Banma, from a North Queensland language – Warrgamay, and Kiya, from a southern Queensland language – Yugambeh. We’d love to have your word for banma or kiya as well. Look forward to hearing from you.
Faith Baisden
Coordinator
Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee
A change to note in the funding guidelines for Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records, now administered by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts!
“MILR will not fund proposals that include re-granting of project funds to other groups or organisations. This means that financial accountability can not be devolved.
Funding recipients, (such as Indigenous Language Service centres) that support diverse local projects, are expected to employ any paid service and project personnel, to be responsible for the purchasing and supply of goods and services and to account for all the funds received in accordance with financial and performance provisions of the funding agreement.”
This will have a significant impact on a number of language centres who have managed small grants for local language groups. The funding submissions are due in by the end of February.
The program funding guidelines are available from the Departments website.
Children from the Butchulla language program, in Hervey Bay, Queensland had a great end of year trip to Brisbane at Christmas time, which included their appearance as special guests at the State Library of Queensland Murri Christmas celebrations.
The children have for the past two years been part of an innovative and exciting program run by the Korrawinga Aboriginal Corporation which allows them to write and learn songs in Butchulla throughout the year, in preparation for an end of year performance.