The Fraser Coast Chronicle scooped the pool at last night’s Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association awards on the Gold Coast, winning three awards.
They won the young readers award for our innovative and landmark series Let’s Learn Butchulla, which has been bringing local Aboriginal language into the region’s classrooms.
Award announcement 1 September 2009
Courier Mail March 09, 2008 11:00pm
THE determination of the Rudd Government to support indigenous education in remote communities must be applauded. Yet, in all the publicity surrounding the projected millions to be spent on initiatives, we seem to have lost sight of the fact that schooling alone will not create a literate community.
“I never knew there was more than one language!” A comment we’ve all heard and can keep educating people about, with the help of exhibitions such as this one at the State Library of Queensland.
Using colourful banners and audio equipment, visitors to Kuril Dhagun, the Indigenous Knowledge Centre in the SLQ can see landscape words in seven Queensland languages, while hearing their pronunciation at the same time.
People viewing the exhibition comment about the differences and some similarities between the languages, and have their curiosity stirred to ask more.
The display was put together with the input of Queensland language centres and the design work of Amanda Hayman and Joanne Driessens in the Indigenous Library Services unit at the State Library of Queensland.
The languages that can be heard are Butchulla, Girramay, Gudjal, Yugambeh, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, and Jirrbal.
If you missed it have a look at the website.