VACL supports the retrieval, revival and strengthening of Victorian Indigenous Languages.

Melbourne
Joined August 2009
In October, First Languages Australia was once again delighted to be able to support a group of young language champions to attend: Ma Wal - National meeting of language centres and programs, and the Puliima National Indigenous Language & Technology Foru… ift.tt/2BkDqsE
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From Clinton Pryor to Ellen van Neerven, we've listed the tears and triumphs of 2017 sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2017…
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I cannot be more prouder to have this. This is the first award in my life that I achieve and mainly a big one to.
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Congratulations Lidia Thorpe MLA making history after a #Northcote by-election win . Lidia a businesswoman , chair of the Victorian #NAIDOC Committee, involved in the state's treaty is the first #Indigenous woman elected to Victorian Parliament . sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/ar…
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Dragonflies have been around for 300 MILLION YEARS. Speaking of long-lasting, here is the word for dragonfly in four Indigenous languages!
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Huge congrats to Woorabinda State School as runner up for the Indigenous Languages Song Competition. Too Deadly! fb.me/7FN5aZfOf
Still pinching ourselves at not just us, but an Aboriginal Language Centre is sitting alongside these amazing... fb.me/8SOYVXxfe
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Yay! We as a team are still on a huge high from not just the event, the night but also the honour of receiving... fb.me/3OFBudykJ
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How frigging awesome was this moment, 14 years later and the comeback for this special night! fb.me/F5ODd8Gf
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Can't wait to wrap my eyeballs around this one! xitter.cf/vacl/status/9171646987…
Congratulations to Vicki, Kris and Tonya on this new publication out now through Routledge!!... fb.me/21ZGrRa90
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speaking #Indigenous languages shouldn't be a barrier to accessing government services xitter.cf/abcnews/status/9023640…
Parliamentary inquiry hears #Indigenous people on welfare have difficulty accessing Centrelink translation services
Boom. Tyronne Bell with help of our Doug Marmion @AIATSIS translate national anthem into Ngunawal canberratimes.com.au/act-new… via @canberratimes
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How exciting that we are now on the countdown to just a matter of weeks away for our upcoming Puliima Conference... fb.me/8bWgrld07
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Great to see that the Wiradjuri language is being kept alive at Young High School. "The Wiradjuri people are the largest Aboriginal mob in…
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'Proud to stand tall & speak my language’ Hollie J #culturesquad #cultureislife #NAIDOC #ourlanguagesmatter @VACL ab.co/2qzh2aq
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A great article about MDWG's Language Nest team, and the work they're doing to save the Miriwoong language: australiaplus.com/internatio…
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