Bringing Indigenous languages back from the brink
Ella Archibald-Binge travels to two communities including her country to hear from elders, teachers and students about efforts to revive native languages and close the education gap
November 30, 202528m 26s
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Show Notes
More than 250 languages were spoken across Australia before British colonisation. Now only half are still in use as a result of policies that suppressed and prevented First Nations people from speaking their mother tongues. Indigenous affairs reporter Ella Archibald-Binge travels to two communities including her country to hear from elders, teachers and students about efforts to revive native languages and close the education gap
Topics
Indigenous AustraliansColonialismStolen GenerationsAustralia newsNew South WalesRural and regional Australia