Book 14 - The Sydney Language by Jakelin Troy bought at Museums of History NSW Museum of Sydney. I learnt about NSW Pidgin & how rapid the decline was in attempts to record/preserve the Sydney Language. A shame so little survives. Wish we did more like NZ with dual place names.

100 yrs since the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association was founded. This extraordinary organisation fought for self-determination, land rights, an end to child removal and racist laws. Worimi historian John Maynard launching a new version of his awesome AAPA book today

Children in prison in Queensland receive an average of 2-3 hours of education a day.

That’s a massive failure by the QLD government and proves again that children’s prisons aren’t safe or appropriate places.

Close child prisons now!

theguardian.com/australia-news…

aaaand the corrected proofs are now back with the publisher 🫣

📰READ: In today's extraordinary The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand essay, Fellow Jakelin Troy, Academy 2021 Paul Bourke Award winner Laura Rademaker + Dr Julia Hurst share their findings of evidence of family planning projects designed to control Aboriginal population growth theconversation.com/friday-essay-t…

As in Australia, backlash against Indigenous languages follows their use in public in Canada. This is the top tweet beneath a video celebrating the use of Anishinaabemowin in a speech.

Friday essay: ‘too many Aboriginal babies’ – Australia’s secret history of Aboriginal population control in the 1960s theconversation.com/friday-essay-t…

📚 Everywhen – edited by Ann McGrath, Laura Rademaker and Jakelin Troy (UNSW Press)

A new collection of essays explores Indigenous deep histories and conceptions of time, showing pre-colonial Australia’s rich human past, writes @annhopeclark (UTS). bit.ly/3YxXiTJ

Listening to this great public address from now at ⁦Charles Perkins Centre⁩ Charles Perkins Centre

⁦ANDC⁩ ⁦European Master in Lexicography⁩ ⁦ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences⁩ more exciting thinking about new ways to think about dictionary making

⁦AIATSIS⁩ ⁦ANDC⁩ ⁦European Master in Lexicography⁩ the wonderful AIATSIS Dictionaries project bring to the world dictionaries of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages 🙌🏽❤️

⁦ANDC⁩ ⁦European Master in Lexicography⁩ decolonisimg dictionaries thank you ANDC for this focus on Australian languages 🙌🏽

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⁦ANDC⁩ ⁦AIATSIS⁩ Australian dictionaries ❤️🙌🏽

⁦ANDC⁩ ⁦ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences⁩ ⁦University of Sydney⁩ Australian National Dictionary at ⁦European Master in Lexicography⁩ workshop ANU

⁦European Master in Lexicography⁩ ⁦University of Sydney⁩ ⁦ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences⁩ great to see young scholars so excited about lexicography

⁦ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences⁩ enjoying a day of lexicography discussions at ANU ⁦Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences⁩

On #MotherLanguageDay , we are proud to present 'What Makes Us Human,' a captivating children's book by Victor Santos & illustrated by Anna Forlati, advocating for multilingual education & linguistic diversity.

Let's collaborate to share this gem!

on.unesco.org/49F5R4T

Exciting news! Today is the launch of the French version of 'What Makes Us Human', an innovative children’s book that celebrates the beauty of #LinguisticDiversity .

As more versions of the book are being translated, #IndigenousLanguages continue to be celebrated🎉 #IDIL