The area covered by the North Queensland Language Centre includes forty three Aboriginal languages over an area south to Sarina, west to Richmond and north to Mossman in North Queensland. While research has shown that only one of these groups has over 20 fluent speakers, several of the languages are now being revived as a result of the work of the language centre and its committee members. (more…)
The Nalingu Aboriginal Corporation is responsible for the research, recording and preservation of the languages around the Maranoa and Ballone Rivers in central Queensland. The office is in the main street of Mitchell, west of Roma.
A committee representing the different languages of the area meets regularly to discuss projects and their progress. Nalingu Aboriginal Corporation works closely with the local council and schools to promote language preservation in the Mitchell district. Young community members are taking an active role in language recording projects and developing skills in using new technology to support the work of the Corporation. (more…)
Korrawinga Aboriginal Corporation began in 1972, when a group of women led by Decima Angeles, established a housing co-operative to meet the needs of the local Aboriginal people in the Hervey Bay area. Over the years since then the organisation has grown in strength and diversified the services it offers to the community. The preservation of language and culture has been a strong focus of the Korrawinga Aboriginal Corporation, with activities such as traditional dance, fishing, horticulture, weaving, sewing, beading and woodwork being offered for young and old. The Butchulla Language Program has been a particularly successful outcome from Korrawinga’s work. This vibrant program owes much of its strength to the involvement of the younger members of the community, who use story telling, oral histories, games, song and dance to teach and keep their language alive. The Butchulla Language Program has also produced a set of bi-lingual language teaching books that you can read. (more…)
The Cape York Bama Languages Aboriginal Corporation covers an area of one hundred and fifty thousand kilometres. This extends from the tribal area of the Kuku Yalanji north of Cairns, from the east coast across through the land of the Kunjen and on to the country of the Kokoberra in the south west of Cape York. The area extends north from this to the tip of Cape York Peninsula. (more…)